Extreme,I dont think so.
After flying SAR out of Miami for years I cant tell you how many BS type calls we went on. I also cant imagine what the expense was be to put a HH52,HU16 in the air and or send out a cutter to look for these idiots.
Not to mention they risk their lives evrytime they go out
Back then I used to ask and was told we couldn’t bill the idiots. Now from what I understand they can and good.
By the way,I knew Lumsdon
Date of incident: 26 November 1969
Crash related deaths:
LTJG John D. Voss (CG Aviator #1367)
LTJG Richard K. Clark (CG Aviator #1440)
AD3 Ronald A. Lumsden
Air Station the aircraft and/or crew were assigned to:
Air Station St. Petersburg
Aircraft type and Coast Guard tail number:
Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard, 1458
Location of the incident:
Gulf of Mexico
Description of the incident:
Helicopter departed on a search mission for a boat with two elderly fishermen that were not lost. Unbeknownst to anyone, the two had returned to shore but failed to notify anyone they were safely back.
1458 arrived at the reported area of the “missing” fishermen and set up a search pattern. About 25 minutes into the search, Air Station St. Pete received a “Mayday” call from 1458, then silence.
The air station launched several other helicopters to search for the now silent and missing 1458. The wreckage was located by a Coast Guard surface vessel around midnight.
On Thanksgiving Day, 27 November 1969, the Coast Guard Buoy Tender JUNIPER from St. Pete salvaged the wreckage and recovered the crew’s bodies.