Additional information is being released in the sinking of the migrant ship off of the coast of Libya over the weekend. It has been determined that approximately 850 migrants were aboard the vessel when it capsized and sank . Only 28 of those aboard are known to have survived the watery ordeal. Many of those […]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew assisted the crew of the fishing vessel Alaskan Pride after they began taking on water in Izhut Bay near Kodiak Island, Thursday. The Jayhawk crew lowered a dewatering pump to the crew of the fishing vessel, which allowed them to control the […]
Four people were plucked from a sinking vessel early Monday morning after that vessel ran aground damaging its hull. An Alaska Wildlife Trooper vessel and a Sitka Mountain Rescue vessel with divers responded to the scene of the sinking 80-foot F/V Eyak after a call went in to the Coast Guard early Monday morning. When […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew assisted the crew of a fishing vessel taking on water 60 miles southeast of Kodiak, Friday. The Jayhawk lowered a dewatering pump to the crew of the fishing vessel St. Nicholas, which allowed them to control the on board flooding and proceed to port […]