After Sector Juneau watchstanders received notification of two boaters in the water after their boat capsized near Chuck Salt on the Upper Lynn Canal at approximately 1 am on Friday, a response was initiated by Petersburg Search and Rescue personnel, an Alaska State Trooper boat crew, a Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter crew, other […]
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka crew member rescues an injured hiker on Cupola Mountain in Sitka on Sept. 29, 2019. KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew rescued two hikers and their two dogs off of Cupola Mountain in Sitka, Alaska, on Sunday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew safely hoisted and […]
Fairbanks-based Alaska State Troopers report that a female jumper on the Chena River Bridge was successfully pulled from the water late on Saturday night. Troopers received a call reporting a person on the ledge on the Chena River Bridge at 10:22pm on Saturday night and responded to the scene. There they found an 18-year-old teen […]
KODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrews demobilized the forward operating location in Kotzebue, Friday, and moved efforts to Utqiagvik. The move is due to an impact to search and rescue capabilities following a hangar door malfunction, which left helicopters unprotected from cold weather that would cause them to freeze overnight. “Our aircraft […]