DATE: September 14, 2009 9:28:02 AM EDT

US COAST GUARD
News Release

Date:
Sept. 13, 2009
Contact:
Petty Officer Sabrina Elgammal
786-367-7649
Coast Guard searches for missing vessel off Puerto Rico

MIAMI - Coast Guard crews continue searching for a capsized vessel in the vicinity of Luquillo, Puerto Rico, after a reporting source notified watchstanders of a possible boat fire Sunday morning.

A good Samaritan called watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector San Juan Command Center around 12:50 a.m. to report sighting multiple distress flares, a vessel on fire, and the vessel then capsizing.

Searching are:

  • An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
  • Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo.

If anyone has information that can help resolve this case they are asked to contact the Coast Guard at 787-289-2041.

Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo is a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in San Juan.

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