Mon, Jan 09, 2012
Coast Guard, Bahamian Officials Locate Downed Cirrus, Rescue
Two In Raft
Once again... it could have been a lot worse. Another in a
recent and bizarre string of Cirrus accidents (not all of which
turned out as well as this one) took place this weekend as a
stricken SR22 pilot elected to deploy his chute when engine
problems indicated that making landfall was doubtful. Coast Guard
crews, and partner agencies respond to the downed aircraft with two
people aboard in the waters approximately 2 miles west of Andros,
Bahamas, Jan. 7, 2012.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station
Clearwater, FL, launched and safely hoisted two survivors after
their aircraft went into the water.
Richard McGlaughlin, 59, and Elaine McGlaughlin, 25, made a
distress call stating that their aircraft was going down due to
engine trouble and required immediate assistance. The two were from
Birmingham, AL.
Search-and-rescue coordinators at the 7th Coast Guard District
command center in Miami received the report at about 1215,
Saturday, from personnel at Miami Center of the Aircraft
Emergency. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and a HC-144
Ocean Sentry fixed-wing aircraft crew deployed to the Atlantic
Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), launched and assisted
in the search for the down aircraft. At approximately 12:30 p.m.
the fixed-wing aircraft crew located the downed aircraft and
Richard and Elaine in an inflatable raft.
The rescue helicopter crew arrived on scene at 1258 and safely
hoisted the two survivors onto the aircraft and transferred them to
Odyssey Airport in Nassau, Bahamas for further transport to EMS
crew for medical evaluation. There were no medical injuries
reported.
The rescue required the coordination of a number of resources
and agencies and utilized an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, FL, an HC-144 Ocean Sentry
fixed-wing aircraft crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami,
crewmembers from Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT),
crewmembers from Bahamian Air Sea Rescue Association (BASRA) and
crewmembers from Royal Bahamian Defence Force (RBDF).
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