All news on the topic: Coast Guard

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Married dad, 56, "jumps off Carnival cruise ship" during wedding anniversary trip with wife
A married dad-of-three is feared to have jumped off a Carnival cruise ship during a wedding anniversary trip with his wife.
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Philippines ferry fire death toll rises to 76 with 13 missing
Rescuers retrieved more remains from a passenger ferry in the Philippine that was gutted by fire, bringing the death toll on Saturday to 76 with 13 missing.
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87 missing as ferry carrying 134 catches fire near Philippines
Dozens of people are feared to have died after a ferry burst into flames off the coast of the Philippines.
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23-year-old pilot deliberately lands plane in Atlantic Ocean and walks away unharmed
A 23-year-old pilot walked away from a plane wreck unscathed after deliberately landing her twin-engine plane in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Tour boat erupts into flames off Turkey, forcing 115 passengers into the sea
A massive fire has erupted on a tour boat in Turkey carrying around 115 passengers forcing them into the sea.
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Zuckerberg yacht "refused" to respond as smaller cruise ship rescued stranded boat
Mark Zuckerberg has faced questions over why a small cruise ship in south-east Alaska rescued a stranded skiff and its crew when his 387ft superyacht had been closer.
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British anti-whaling activists released after five days aboard detained ship in Iceland
The group were on board the Bandero, a ship carrying 21 anti-whaling activists taking part in Operation 86, a campaign led by the Captain Paul Watson Foundation to monitor and disrupt Iceland’s final commercial fin whale hunt.
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Water cannon attack and dangerous maneuvers: Chinese ships fired on Philippine vessels in the South China Sea
Chinese ships fired water cannon at Philippine vessels, including one carrying a CNN crew, near a dangerous flashpoint in the South China Sea on Friday – the third tense confrontation this week in the contested waters.
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US military kills two in Caribbean strike on suspected narco-terror vessel
The US military has struck a vessel in the Caribbean, killing two people, alleging that the vessel was operated by "designated terrorist organisations" that it did not identify.
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Belarusian dissident Anatol Kotau vanished after yacht was allegedly intercepted near Abkhazia
Belarusian dissident Anatol Kotau went on a trip to Turkey in August 2025 and never returned.
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Major rescue operation off the coast of Dun Laoghaire as fire erupts on ’pleasure craft’ then sinks
A significant rescue operation was initiated today after a boat caught fire and subsequently sank at a popular coastal location.
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US coast guard apprehends Oak Island shooting suspect
The U.S. Coast Guard observed a single individual matching the description of the shooter loading their boat at a public ramp in Oak Island shortly after 10 p.m.
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Libyan coast guard opens fire on migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking
On Monday, Libya’s coast guard fired at its rescue ship, the Ocean Viking, in international waters while it was carrying 87 migrants.
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Six dead after plane crashes near San Diego shortly after takeoff
A small plane carrying six people crashed into the ocean off the coast of San Diego Sunday shortly after taking off, killing everyone on board, authorities said.
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Dog trapped without food or water for eight days in shipping container at port
A US Coast Guard team at the Port of Houston unexpectedly rescued a dog, named Connie the container dog, trapped for at least eight days in a shipping container destined for overseas
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Man, 60, sailing from California to Hawaii vanishes as US Coast Guard searches
Noel Rubio, who was last heard from 37 days ago when he headed for Kaneohe, on the island of O’ahu, only has a VHF-FM marine band radio aboard his 32-foot sailing boat, Malulani.
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Indiana Jones star's wife left behind after actor and daughters killed in crash
Indiana Jones actor Christian Oliver and his daughters Madita, 10, and Annik, 12, were killed in the horrific plane crash in Bequia, St Vincent
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Golden Retriever rescued after falling from cliff during New Year hike
A lucky golden retriever named Leo was rescued from the side of a cliff by the US Coast Guard Monday after the energetic pooch ran from his owners, resulting in a 300-foot fall
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Pilots 'didn't know plane was on fire' when they landed in jaw-dropping video
Those in the cockpit of Japan Airlines flight JAL516 were unaware the plane had burst into flames in the moments after its tragic collision with a coastguard aircraft, which killed five people
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Cruise passengers 'sick to stomach as man who falls overboard on Christmas Eve
A 41-year-old man fell overboard while on a Royal Caribbean cruise to the Bahamas while the ship was off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, but after eight hours of frantic searching the Coast Guard has called off the hunt
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English Channel tragedy as man and woman drown after small migrant boat capsizes
A man and woman are confirmed to have died after several people fell into the English Channel off the coast of Calais, with a Dungeness RNLI lifeboat sent out
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Storm Ciarán bodyboarders defy RNLI safety warnings to ride perilous waves
Bodyboarders in Exmouth, Devon, can be seen taking on huge waves in treacherous conditions created by Storm Ciarán- despite danger to life warnings from the RNLI
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Couple who stole identities of dead babies and suspected of KGB ties convicted
A jury convicted a couple that was arrested in Hawaii last year and charged with identity theft after an agency discovered they'd been going by the names of two babies who died decades ago - and were accused of having ties to the KGB during the trial
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Furious mum says 'they're out there we know it' in plea as lads vanish at sea
A father and mother who say that the Coast Guard has been unhelpful in the search for their missing teen son and his friends, who vanished 80 miles offshore several days ago have managed to get a private plane and some family and friends together to go look for them in the middle of the ocean
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Hunt for four missing Verity crew members called off by German coast guard
German coast guard officials say they have called off the search for four crew members missing after British cargo ship the Verity crashed into another boat in the North Sea on Tuesday morning