Coast Guard recovers crashed helicopter from Read Island, Alaska

AK, UNITED STATES

12.08.2023

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Hightower 

U.S. Coast Guard District 17 PADET Anchorage   

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Sitka sits on a boat after being recovered from the site of a crash near Read Island, Alaska, December 8, 2023. The four crew members involved in the crash on Nov. 13, 2023 all survived. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Sitka.)

Members of the Downed Aircraft Recovery Team, Delta Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, assist personnel from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka in recovering an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter that crashed on Read Island in southeastern Alaska during a search and rescue mission November 13. (Photo courtesy of DART, 1-52 GSAB)