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Aviation News Item: 02209
13th Oct 2009
Coast Guard medevacs man southwest of Kodiak
Source: verticalmag.com
 A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawkrescue helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiakmedevaced a man off the 60-footfishing vessel Outer Limits 75 miles southwest of Kodiak in Moser Bay after it was reportedthat he wasseverely dehydrated Tuesday.
The captain of the Outer Limits reported at 10:10 a.m. that Brett Miller, 46, was suffering severe dehydration and was unable to eat or drink.
Coast Guard District Seventeen Command Center in Juneau diverted a training flight from Air Station Kodiak in the area of Moser Bay to pick up Miller at 10:50 a.m. arriving on scene at 12:07 p.m. and safely hoisted Miller.
"The hardest part was our transit to the vessel and back with bad visibility," said Lt. Cmdr. Jason Dorval, MH-60 Jayhawk pilot Air Station Kodiak. "Once we were on scene we had one quarter to one half of a mile visibility with a 100-foot ceiling.
The MH-60 rescue helicopter crew landed in Kodiak at 1:50 p.m. and transported Miller to local emergency medical services.
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