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Dramatic video and photos amusement members of the U.S. Air Force and Coast Guard searching for the missing unit of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship that overturned aft an motor nonaccomplishment during a typhoon successful the Pacific Ocean.
The Coast Guard shared video of Air Force pararescuemen leaping from a C-130 Hercules airplane to conscionable the unit of a Coast Guard cutter connected Sunday. Once the pararescuemen were brought aboard the vessel, the teams traveled to the tract of the Mariana, which reported occupation to Coast Guard watchstanders astatine the Joint Rescue Coordination Center successful Honolulu, Hawaii connected April 15.
The video and photos shared by the Coast Guard amusement the pararescuemen preparing to behaviour dive operations. The teams besides utilized a remotely-operated underwater drone to hunt the interior of the ship. According to the Air Force, pararescuemen are elite combat forces that "execute the astir perilous, demanding, and utmost rescue missions" crossed the globe.
#UPDATE: The hunt for the 5 missing crewman of the Mariana is ongoing with #USCG and @JCG_koho aircrews flying eastbound of the Northern Mariana Islands. So far, crews person searched for implicit 71 hours and covered astir 100,000 quadrate nautical miles. More: https://t.co/r9ss7WgW8K pic.twitter.com/WNpNI967mi
— U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District (@USCGOceania) April 24, 2026The Coast Guard mislaid communications with the Mariana connected the evening of April 15. Search and probe efforts determined that the 145-foot U.S.-registered vas mislaid its starboard motor during Super Typhoon Sinlaku portion astir 100 miles north-northwest of Saipan successful the Northern Mariana Islands. The capsized vessel was recovered connected Saturday, April 18, aft dense upwind hindered archetypal hunt efforts.
The assemblage of 1 unit subordinate was found connected Monday evening. The different 5 unit members stay missing. The Coast Guard said it has searched implicit 100,000 quadrate nautical miles. Assets from Japan's Coast Guard and New Zealand's Air Force person besides participated successful the rescue efforts.
Pararescuers drift down aft deploying from an Air Force airplane successful the Northern Mariana Islands April 19, 2026.
U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Cutter Frederick Hatch
"Our hearts are with the families of the Mariana unit members and the communities impacted by this tragic incident," said Commander Preston Hieb, hunt and rescue ngo coordinator for the Coast Guard Oceania District, in a quality release. "We proceed to hunt successful adjacent coordination with our partners, utilizing each disposable resources to enactment the ongoing response."
Super Typhoon Sinlaku had sustained winds up of to 150 miles per hr erstwhile it battered Saipan and Tinian, according to the National Weather Service. CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan said it was the strongest tempest to make successful 2026. It caused upwind harm and flooding connected the islands.
U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to the accelerated effect cutter USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) supply enactment arsenic a parajumper assigned to the U.S. Air Force 31st Rescue Squadron enters the h2o adjacent a capsized cargo vas northeast of Pagan successful the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands April 19, 2026.
U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Cutter Frederick Hatch
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