The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a crewman reported overboard from the fishing vessel Flying Ocean.
Here is a Coast Guard press release.
We note that the release erroneously says the boat's crew was crab fishing. In fact, the Flying Ocean was participating in a pot cod fishery, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game confirms.
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Search under way for man overboard off Kodiak
The U.S. Coast Guard searched today for a fishing vessel crewman reported to have fallen overboard about 30 miles northwest of Sitkinak Island.
Sitkinak is south of Kodiak Island.
The Coast Guard said it received notification at 10:53 a.m. from the F/V Flying Ocean that one of its crewmen went overboard while crab fishing.
Winds of 20 mph and 6-foot seas were reported in the area.
The cutter Hickory, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and a C-130 airplane searched the last known position of the missing crewman, the Coast Guard said.
In a separate case, a Coast Guard helicopter early this morning rescued five fishermen from a Sitkinak Island beach.
They abandoned their vessel, the 58-foot Kodiak Isle, after it struck a rock and took on water.
The boat was still afloat at 2:30 a.m. when the helicopter departed the scene with the survivors, the Coast Guard said.
Sitkinak is south of Kodiak Island.
The Coast Guard said it received notification at 10:53 a.m. from the F/V Flying Ocean that one of its crewmen went overboard while crab fishing.
Winds of 20 mph and 6-foot seas were reported in the area.
The cutter Hickory, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and a C-130 airplane searched the last known position of the missing crewman, the Coast Guard said.
In a separate case, a Coast Guard helicopter early this morning rescued five fishermen from a Sitkinak Island beach.
They abandoned their vessel, the 58-foot Kodiak Isle, after it struck a rock and took on water.
The boat was still afloat at 2:30 a.m. when the helicopter departed the scene with the survivors, the Coast Guard said.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
USCG, good Samaritans help injured skipper
From the U.S. Coast Guard:
June 11, 2012
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Chignik
JUNEAU — Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak personnel this morning medevaced the captain of the fishing vessel Providence after he injured his hand near Chignik.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and a supporting HC-130 Hercules airplane launched at 4:35 a.m. after Coast Guard watchstanders received a medevac request through the good Samaritan vessel Flying Ocean.
The injured captain of the Providence was transferred to the Flying Ocean and the Flying Ocean began making way toward Kodiak to shorten the helicopter's flight distance.
The Jayhawk reached the Flying Ocean near Sutwik Island and safely hoisted the patient at 6:54 a.m., then returned to Kodiak and transferred him to emergency medical services.
"Help from good Samaritans like the Flying Ocean crew significantly reduces response time in medevac cases," said Master Chief Jeremiah Roberts, a watchstander at the 17th Coast Guard District command center. "The willingness of mariners to help others on the water has saved countless lives, and the Coast Guard is grateful for their assistance."
June 11, 2012
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Chignik
JUNEAU — Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak personnel this morning medevaced the captain of the fishing vessel Providence after he injured his hand near Chignik.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and a supporting HC-130 Hercules airplane launched at 4:35 a.m. after Coast Guard watchstanders received a medevac request through the good Samaritan vessel Flying Ocean.
The injured captain of the Providence was transferred to the Flying Ocean and the Flying Ocean began making way toward Kodiak to shorten the helicopter's flight distance.
The Jayhawk reached the Flying Ocean near Sutwik Island and safely hoisted the patient at 6:54 a.m., then returned to Kodiak and transferred him to emergency medical services.
"Help from good Samaritans like the Flying Ocean crew significantly reduces response time in medevac cases," said Master Chief Jeremiah Roberts, a watchstander at the 17th Coast Guard District command center. "The willingness of mariners to help others on the water has saved countless lives, and the Coast Guard is grateful for their assistance."
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