A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew from Air Station Barbers Point in Oahu, Hawaii, locates two missing fishermen from Washington Island, Kiribati, in a 14-foot aluminum boat disabled and adrift more than 1,300 miles south of Oahu Dec. 12, 2017. The Hercules crew dropped a data marker buoy approximately 100-yards from the vessel and successfully dropped a search and rescue package containing food, water, a VHF Radio, and a Search and Rescue Transponder. With the VHF radio, despite a language barrier, the Hercules crew was able to establish communication with the fishermen and alert them a ve
A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew from Air Station Barbers Point in Oahu, Hawaii, locates two missing fishermen from Washington Island, Kiribati, in a 14-foot aluminum boat disabled and adrift more than 1,300 miles south of Oahu Dec. 12, 2017. The Hercules crew dropped a data marker buoy approximately 100-yards from the vessel and successfully dropped a search and rescue package containing food, water, a VHF Radio, and a Search and Rescue Transponder. With the VHF radio, despite a language barrier, the Hercules crew was able to establish communication with the fishermen and alert them a vessel was en route to their area. ( Coast Guard
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