Severe wind nearly crashes Coast Guard helicopter during dramatic cruise ship rescue By . Scott Sistek, FOX Weather. Published May 6, 2023, 12:40 a.m. ET. Originally Published by: ...

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter was dispatched from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans to assist with the evacuation. Arriving above the cruise ship, the flying conditions were less than ideal.

The Coast Guard on Saturday evacuated a passenger on a cruise 300 miles offshore from Alabama. Video showed the first helicopter that was sent had to abort the rescue due to severe weather.

Cruise ship passengers watched as a Coast Guard helicopter dipped dangerously close to the ocean in a harrowing rescue, a video showed. A Carnival Dream cruise ship called the U.S. Coast Guard for ...

The wreckage of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Sitka is seen Nov. 14, 2023, after it crashed on Read Island, Alaska, on Nov. 13, at approximately 11:05 p.m. (U.S. Coast Guard) ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter on a search and rescue mission crashed in southeast Alaska, seriously injuring two of the four crew members on board.

A Coast Guard helicopter pilot received the Distinguished Flying Cross this month for his work commanding an hours-long rescue operation in late 2023 to save four people stranded at a canyon.

The US Coast Guard was called to an operation off the coast of Oregon on Easter. A cruise ship crew member had suffered a medical emergency. Rescuers used a helicopter to reach the man nearly 20 ...

A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a 3-year-old girl suffering from seizures on a cruise ship about 90 miles off the Santa Barbara coast on Wednesday afternoon, according to the United States ...

The Coast Guard rescued three people two weeks ago after their helicopter went down while trying to land on another oil rig near New Orleans, officials said. That Dec. 15 crash was about 30 miles ...

The downed Coast Guard helicopter was recovered Friday and an investigation was ongoing. The MH-60 Jayhawk crashed on Read Island, about 80 miles east of Sitka, on Nov. 13.

In Matua, New Zeland, the coast guard and an emergency services helicopter were dispatched to rescue swimmers in distress.