Helicopter heading to site where C-130 spotted 2 on board disabled skiff in remote Aleutians
By APMonday, June 22, 2009
Searchers spot 2 aboard disabled skiff in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard searchers have spotted two men on board a disabled 15-foot skiff adrift in Alaska’s remote western Aleutian Islands.
A helicopter crew is heading to the area and expected to arrive Sunday night.
Petty Officer Lee Goldsmith says a C-130 plane dropped food and a radio to the men, who appear to be in good shape.
The men were heading to Amatignak Island on Saturday to pick up surveyors after leaving the 50-foot fishing vessel Larisa M.
The surveyors on shore saw the boat adrift in rough seas, got to the Larisa M and called the Coast Guard.
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