Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: Sept. 17, 2008

Contact:  Lt.j.g. Barnes Reiney
(504) 393-6032

Coast Guard rescues 2 from downed aircraft

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard rescued two people, William Evans and Brandon Lefort, from atop a levee approximately 3 miles northeast of Chalmette, La., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, when the Cessna they were aboard was forced to make an emergency landing.

A Coast Guard HH-65C rescue helicopter and crew on a training mission received a call from New Orleans Air Traffic Control at 11:33 a.m. reporting a Cessna airplane with two people aboard had experienced engine trouble and made an emergency landing.

The HH-65C rescue helicopter and crew arrived on scene, rescued the two pilots and transported them to Lakefront Airport. 

Neither of the rescued pilots were injured. 

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https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/425/227175/

https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/425/227176/

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