USCG Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin, Photo: Petty Officer 3rd Class Jennifer A. Nease (archive) |
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for three crewmembers of a plane that crashed in a marsh near Anahuac, Texas, Saturday afternoon.
Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a call from the Federal Aviation Administration reporting that an Atlas Air Boeing 767 cargo plane with three crewmembers aboard had crashed.
An Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin aircrew was launched along with two Station Houston Response Boat-Medium boat crews to search the crash site.
Also involved in the search are:
- Houston Police Department
- Chambers County Sheriffs and Fire Department
- Harris County Sheriffs Department
- Texas Parks and Wildlife
- Texas Department of Public Safety
- Baytown Dive Team
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