{"id":68302,"date":"2026-06-22T15:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T19:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=68302"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:12:33","slug":"u-s-coast-guard-helicopter-crashes-sitka-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/u-s-coast-guard-helicopter-crashes-sitka-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashes near Sitka in Alaska, 4 rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter has crashed during a training flight near Sitka, Alaska, injuring the four crew members, according to local and federal officials. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accident happened just after 10 a.m. on Monday when the aircraft, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, went down near Harbor Mountain, north of Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport on Baranof Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Coast Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.uscg.mil\/Press-Releases\/Article\/4523451\/coast-guard-helicopter-crashes-in-sitka-alaska\/\">said<\/a> rescue crews from Sitka Fire and Rescue arrived on scene at approximately 11 a.m., after which all 4 crew members were taken to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center. Their conditions were not immediately known but no deaths were reported, the agency said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cause of Monday&#8217;s accident was not immediately known. The U.S. Coast Guard said a formal investigation will be conducted to determine the circumstances surrounding the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sitka is about 90 miles southwest of Juneau, the state capital, or 587 miles southeast of Anchorage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter has crashed during a training flight near Sitka, Alaska, injuring the four crew members, according to local and federal officials. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. 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