lunes, 18 de junio de 2018

Coast Guard searches for man overboard 100 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana

H-144 Sentry, ©USCG
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a 55 year-old man who reportedly fell overboard approximately 100 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana, Monday morning.

Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a communications relay from the captain of the fishing vessel Captain Edwin at approximately 3 a.m. reporting that a crewmember had fallen overboard off a nearby fishing vessel, the Captain Kent, while it was at anchor. It was also reported that the man was not wearing a life jacket.

Involved in the search are:
  • A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew
  • A Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew
  • Coast Guard Cutter Jacob Poroo, a fast response cutter crew from Pascagoula, Mississippi
MH-65 Dolphin, ©USCG

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