KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Station Valdez, Alaska, boatcrew responded to a 30-foot fishing vessel taking on water near Valdez, Monday. The boatcrew transferred a dewatering pump and damage control kit to the two boaters and assisted them in controlling the onboard flooding before escorting the vessel to Cordova. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders […]
Troopers revealed on Tuesday that they had been notified of the discovery of a plane down 25 miles northeast of Homer on Monday morning. A pilot had been flying over the area and discovered the crashed aircraft on Sunday and reported his finding to the Rescue Coordination Center. At just after 10 Monday morning, RCC relayed […]
At 11:10 pm on Monday night, the trooper dispatch reports, that troopers received a call reporting an accident with injuries at mile 32.5 of Petersville Road. The caller related to troopers that the victim, Casey Cizek was trapped in his vehicle at the bottom of a 100-foot embankment near Peters Creek in Trapper Creek. The caller also […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules airplane crew located six people aboard a vessel and assisted in their rescue in Kuskokwim Bay Sunday. The Hercules crew relayed the vessel’s position to an Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and good Samaritan vessels, who provided assistance. The crew of the 22-foot aluminum boat […]