The US Coast Guard medevaced a 27-year-old man from a container ship about 46 miles west of San Luis Obispo, California, on Friday.
The captain of the motor vessel Hyundai Jupiter contacted 11th Coast Guard District command center watchstanders, requesting assistance for a crew member who reportedly suffered injuries from a 16-foot fall onboard.
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Watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27J Spartan aircraft and a USCG Air Station San Francisco Forward Operating Base Mugu MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to assist.
Once on the scene, the Dolphin crew lowered the rescue swimmer, along with a stretcher, to hoist the patient into the helicopter and transported the man to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in stable condition.
The offshore environment always tries to throw surprises-especially with the fog bank not predicted to be to the surface. Luckily with all the prior coordination, we were able to shoot the approach through the clouds with a solid radar hit of the large vessel,
…said Lt. Kristin Euchler, the MH-65 Dolphin co-pilot for this rescue.
