https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXkcHkdJnsQ The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a man suffering from severe burns on board a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea on Monday. The rescue took place approximately 46 miles southwest of Saint Paul in the Aleutian Islands. The Coast Guard reported that watchstanders in the 17th District command center received a medevac request at … [Read more...]
Search Suspended for Three Missing Mariners After Mississippi River Towing Vessel Collision
The search for three missing people from the towing vessel RC Creppel was suspended late Monday night after 67 cumulative hours of active search on the Mississippi River near Luling, Louisiana. The three mariners went missing after their towing vessel collided with another towing vessel, the Cooperative Spirit, early Sunday morning at mile marker 123. The … [Read more...]
Search Suspended for Missing Fishermen Near Galveston
The search for two missing fishermen near Galveston was suspended Thursday after covering more than 49 square miles over three days, the Unified Command said. The Unified Command was set up in response to the fatal collision between the 81-foot fishing vessel Pappy's Pride and tanker near Galveston on Tuesday. A search consisting of aerial flights, shore … [Read more...]
Five Believed Dead as Fishing Vessel Sinks in Bering Sea
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Five commercial fishermen were believed to have died after their crabbing vessel sank on New Year's Eve in the Gulf of Alaska, the U.S. Coast Guard said after ending a search and rescue operation amid high winds and heavy seas. There were two survivors: crewmen who took refuge in a lifeboat and were rescued by a Coast … [Read more...]
Bourbon Rhode Sinks in Atlantic Ocean; Three Rescued – Update
Latest on the Bourbon Rhode Update (Sunday): Search crews located an overturned fast rescue craft believed to be from the Bourbon Rhode late Saturday, Bourbon has confirmed. The craft was first located by an NWS National Hurricane Center aircraft and again confirmed by Falcon 50 belonging to the French Navy. A commercial vessel participating in the … [Read more...]