Coast Guard searching for person in the water

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 05/29/2019 02:32 PM EDT

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
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Coast Guard searching for person in the water

 

NEW ORLEANS -- The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water 75 nautical miles off Vermilion Bay, Louisiana, Wednesday. 

Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders were notified at 6:26 a.m. by workers at the Eugene Island 331 platform of a 54-year-old man entering the water from Renaissance Offshore's Eugene Island 331 platform into the Gulf of Mexico. 

Involved in the search are:

- Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin aircrew

- Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew

- Coast Guard Cutter Mako boatcrew

- Platform operators

The cause of the incident is under investigation.

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