lunes, 12 de agosto de 2019

Coast Guard medevacs man near Mobile Bay, Alabama

A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-65 Dolphin helicopter stands ready on the air strip in Alabama. ATC Mobile provides core training for rotary wing and fixed wing pilots, rescue swimmers and aircrews for air stations Coast Guard wide. U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Brandon Giles (archive).

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile medevacs a man from a fishing vessel approximately 46 miles south of Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 9, 2019. The aircrew arrived on scene at 8:34 p.m. and transported the man to Providence Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, in stable condition. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo/Released).

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel approximately 46 miles south of Mobile Bay, Alabama, Saturday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 7:44 p.m. Friday of a man aboard a fishing vessel going in and out of consciousness.

Sector watchstanders diverted an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile to medevac the man.

The aircrew arrived on scene at 8:34 p.m. and transported the man to Providence Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, in stable condition.

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