PHILIPSBURG:— On Monday, July 19, the Joint Search & Rescue Center (JRCC) of the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard (DCCG) received a request from MRCC Fort de France to assist in the search and rescue for a St. Lucian fishing vessel “GOD’s SON”, which had not returned to St. Lucia.
The RCC immediately launched the Coast Guard patrol plane, the Dash, which flew to the Windward Islands and began the search for the fishing vessel. Within an hour of arrival, the Dash patrol plane found the fishing vessel GOD’s SON with three persons on board. The Dash dropped smoke markers in ...
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