CORRECTION: Coast Guard searching for a person in the water near Pilottown

 

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland Contact: 8th District Public Affairs Office: 504-671-2020 After Hours: 618-225-9008 Eighth District online newsroom

Coast Guard searching for a person in the water near Pilottown

Correction: The name of the missing person is Cristina Castro. A previous version of this release incorrectly identified the missing person as Corina Castro.

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water, Thursday, near Pilottown.

Missing is Cristina Castro, 38, from Modesto, California. Castro is described as a Latino female, last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue pants and black life jacket.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report around 9 p.m. Wednesday evening of a 34-foot catamaran taking on water near West Delta Block 109, approximately six nautical miles southwest of Southwest Pass, near Pilottown, with three people aboard.

A Coast Guard Station Venice 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew were dispatched to the vicinity. The sector watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast, which a good Samaritan responded. The Offshore Supply Vessel, Mr. Jake, was able to recover two people from the water, who were reported to be wearing life jackets and in stable condition .

Currently involved in the search for the missing person:

• Station Venice 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew
• Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew
• Coast Guard Cutter Sailfish, an 87-foot coastal patrol boat
• Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew

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