| Group Milwaukee U.S. Coast Guard |
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| Press Release |
Date: April 26, 2005 Contact: LtJg Boris Montatsky |
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COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR DOWNED PILOT MILWAUKEE, Wisc. - Coast Guard boat and helicopter rescue crews with the help of the Milwaukee Police Department and Fire Department boat crews are conducting extensive searches of the waters off of Cudahy, Wisc. for a pilot who crashed landed in Lake Michigan five miles from shore. The Coast Guard received notification from Police 911 Dispatch of a cell phone call for help that was received just before midnight central time. The pilot called for help while treading water after his plane reportedly ran out of fuel and crashed into Lake Michigan. The Coast Guard immediately launched its small boats from Station Milwaukee and a HH-65 Helicopter from Air Station Traverse City, Mich. The plane is reportedly a Piper Archer, a single engine air plane that the pilot was flying from Michigan. The Coast Guard's three rescue boats and the helicopter have received assistance in the search from two Milwaukee Police Department rescue boats and a Milwaukee Fire Department Boat. The search will continue after sunrise with the help of a HH-65 Helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit and a Canada Coast Guard C-130 rescue plane. The Lake Michigan water tempature is 46 degrees with three foot seas in the search area. ### |
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