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HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard and partners continue to search Thursday for missing crew members of the cargo vessel Mariana.
Coast Guard aircrews and the crew of fast response cutter USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) are searching east of the Northern Mariana Islands. A Japan Coast Guard Gulfstream V jet crew is slated to conduct additional searches Thursday afternoon.
On Wednesday, Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crews conducted search patterns 44 nautical miles northeast of Agrihan, about 250 miles north of Saipan.
U.S. Air Force 31st Rescue Squadron divers recovered one deceased individual from the overturned cargo vessel Mariana during dive operations Monday. The divers conducted a comprehensive subsurface evaluation of the Mariana's exterior and used an underwater remotely operated drone to search the interior of the vessel.
Crews continue to search for the five missing crewmen and an orange 12-person life raft in the vicinity of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. So far, Coast Guard crews and partners involved have searched for more than 71 hours, covering approximately 100,000 square nautical miles.
Anyone with information that may assist in search efforts should contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM channel 16 or call the Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu at 1-800-331-6176.
Involved in the search:
- Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu
- USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143), Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, Apra Harbor, Guam
- USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140), Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, Apra Harbor, Guam
- U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Kapolei, Hawaii
- U.S. Air Force 31st Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan
- U.S. Air Force 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Tokyo
- U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon airplane crew, Patrol Squadron 26 (VP-26), Commander, Task Force 72 (CTF-72)
- Japan Coast Guard Gulfstream V jet
- Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel Akitsushima (PLH-32), Yokohama, Japan
- Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon airplane crew, RNZAF Base Ohakea, New Zealand
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