Coast Guard helo crash

[Arctic Dave]

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A Coast Guard helicopter headed for Sitka with four people aboard crashed this morning in the water near James Island, Wash., the Coast Guard says.

Not much info so far.

[uppityperson]

1. More... local updates & from Coast Guard

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2012298332_coast_guard_copter_crashes_off.html
Rescue crews are responding to the crash of a Coast Guard helicopter near James Island off of La Push on the Olympic Peninsula. At least two people have been injured.

Petty Officer Nathan Bradshaw says there were four people aboard the MH-60 Jayhawk copter. There are reports of two injuries, but Bradshaw said he had no information on their severity.

The helicopter was heading from Coast Guard Air Station in Astoria, Ore., to Sitka, Alaska. The Coast Guard lost contact with the helicopter at 9:32 a.m. A good Samaritan retrieved two crew members from the water and took them to emergency medical services, the Coast Guard says. The status of the other two crew members was not immediately known.

We will update this post as soon as more information is available.


http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100707/NEWS/100709989/update-coast-guard-helicopter-down-near-lapush-two-missing
LAPUSH — A Coast Guard helicopter based in Astoria, Ore., went down in the water at about 9:45 a.m. today near James Island after clipping a marked power line that extends from the island to LaPush, the Coast Guard reported this morning.

Four people were on board, but it was unknown if there were any fatalities or injuries, Cmdr. Kevin Gavin of Coast Guard/Group Air Station Port Angeles said.

Two people were pulled from the water by a good Samaritan in a boat near James Island, Gavin said.

Coast Guard personnel from Port Angeles and Coast Guard boat crews stationed in LaPush were responding to the incident, Gavin said.

The Peninsula Daily News has a reporter and photographer at the scene. Please check back for updates.


Here is the latest news release from the Coast Guard Sector Seattle:

SEATTLE — Multiple U.S. Coast Guard units are responding to an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crash that occurred Wednesday in the waters near James Island, Wash.

The Coast Guard helicopter, and its 4-person crew, were departing U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., and were en route to Sitka, Alaska.

The Coast Guard lost contact with the helicopter at 9:32 a.m. A good Samaritan retrieved two crew members from the water and transferred them to Emergency Medical Services.

Coast Guard Air Station Astoria launched an MH 60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., launched an MH 65 dolphin helicopter crews, and Coast Guard Station Quillayute, Wash., launched three response boat crews to search for the remaining crew.

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[Arctic Dave]

2. Thanks for the updates.

[uppityperson]

3. I was just reading it on the local news

[Arctic Dave]

4. Update: Three crewmen have died.

LAPUSH — A Coast Guard helicopter from Astoria, Ore., en route to Alaska went down in the water at about 9:45 a.m. today near James Island after clipping marked power lines that extends from the island to LaPush, the Coast Guard reported today.

Four men were on board, Cmdr. Kevin Gavin of Coast Guard/Group Air Station Port Angeles said.

The Coast Guard just announced that three have died. The fourth has been taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with non-life-threatening injuries, a Coast Guard spokesman said.

Names are being withheld until notification of family members, but all four were stationed at the Coast Guard station in Sitka, Alaska.


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