Coast Guard searching for five people after fishing boat capsizes in Alaska
The military unit said Sunday that five persons were missing after a fishing boat apparently capsized near Couverden Point, Alaska, and that the Coast Guard and a team of good samaritans were looking for them.
Around 12:10 a.m. on Sunday, the crew of the approximately 50-foot fishing boat Wind Walker put out a mayday call, stating that the vessel was overturning. However, the Coast Guard did not receive a response to its requests for additional information from the crew.
According to a news release, the Coast Guard searched the area where the fishing vessel was thought to have capsized using a 45-foot response boat from Station Juneau and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Air Station Sitka.
Meanwhile, the Coast Guard said in the announcement, a ferry ship named AMHS Hubbard heard th...