Justine-Foss

A US Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 67-year-old male crew member wfrom the "Justine Foss" 62 miles south of Yakutat and transferred him to a Security Aviation aircrew in Sitka in the evening of Sep 1, 2017. Coast Guard 17th District watchstanders received a report from Health Force Partners that a crew member on the tug which was 62 miles south of Yakutat was suffering from a possible detached retina. Watchstanders briefed the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac within six hours, and transferred the case to Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders who requested the launch of a Jayhawk crew. The weather on scene was reported as 15-mph winds and 6-8-foot seas.