Coast Guard, local agencies searching for person in water near Panama City Beach, Florida

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 11/29/2018 11:08 AM EST

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
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Coast Guard, local agencies searching for person in the water near Panama City Beach, Florida

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching a person in the water after a ultralight aircraft was downed near Panama City Beach, Florida, Thursday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at approximately 6:35 a.m. from Coast Guard Station Panama City that an ultra-light aircraft carrying one person went down approximately one nautical mile south of the shoreline.

Sector watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew and a Station Panama City 45-foot Response Boat-Meduim boat crew. Personnel from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Bay County Sheriff’s Office are also on scene with air and water assets.

 

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