CG rescues downed pilot

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard rescued a single passenger of an aircraft that had gone down in the Gulf of Mexico some eight miles SE of Southwest Pass, La., late Sunday morning (Sept. 15). CG eighth district here received a distress alert from an emergency locator transmitter at 11:46 a.m. CG also received notification from the Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center that a Southwest Airlines flight had relayed a mayday call from an unknown aircraft. The CG's MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station New Orleans located the male pilot man in the water and wearing a life jacket. The aircrew hoisted the man and transported him to West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero in stable condition. (Coast Guard 09/15/19)