#coastguard helicopters

[planeyboys]

Coast Guardem

[purplefacephotography]

I've just arrived home after a lovely break in Caernarfon, Wales. We stayed next to the airport, so I was there when the weather was nice. I saw quite a few amazing new to me aircraft, including Juno military helicopters, the Wales Air Ambulance H145 and a Royal Navy Merlin!

[pniindia]

Coastguard Helicopter Emergency Landing: समुद्र में कोस्टगार्ड के हेलीकॉप्टर की हुई इमरजेंसी लैंडिंग, 3 क्रू मेंबर की जारी है तलाश

Coastguard Helicopter Emergency Landing: समुद्र में भारतीय तटरक्षक बल के एक एडवांस्ड लाइट हेलीकॉप्टर (ALH)\ को इमरजेंसी लैंडिंग करनी पड़ी है. दरअसल, तटरक्षक बल से मिली जानकारी के मुताबिक एक घायल चालक दल के सद��्य को गुजरा�� के पोरबंदर में कल यानि 02 सितम्बर 2024 की रात 11 बजे मोटर टैंकर हरि लीला से निकालने के लिए एक ALH हेलीकॉप्टर को भेजा गया था. लेकिन, समुद्र में इस हेलीकॉप्टर को आपात्कालीन लैंडिंग करनी पड़ी थी.

[pacificcoastviews]

Coast Guard Helicopter Malibu Flyover

[medjoul]

Imagery courtesy of the USCG

[cupcakeatsea]

I’m not the only one to have questions about whether Doctor Odyssey is some sort of alternative reality or not. Honestly I’m not sure - part of me hopes for the silly, sexy boat show to just be that, but another part hopes for some sort of twist. So I’m going to brain dump my thoughts here to bring some people along for the ride.

Firstly, what situation are we actually watching? If this isn’t a normal cruise ship, what’s happening?

Theory number 1 is that this is Dr Max Bankman’s coma dream. And I definitely see why this is the most popular. He’s the main character and the Covid flashbacks are vague and dreamlike compared to the way the rest is shot. But while this feels most obvious alternative reality, Ryan Murphy also co -created Grotesquerie which is a coma dream. So I’d be seriously surprised if that was used twice in two separate tv shows from the same person in the last 6 months. NGL I’ll be kind of pissed if I watch this happen twice so close together.

Second theory, and what I’m leaning towards is this is some kind of afterlife. References to the ship being a “paradise”, to it being like “heaven” and to the crew being “guardian angels”. Capt Massey takes his responsibility to the passengers extremely seriously and tells Max as much so the safety of all on board is really important. It’s also considered a “once in a lifetime” trip, which yeah, it would be if you’re dead. I like the idea that it’s ferrying the dead to their place of rest.

So now I’m going to go into some of the reasons I think something is off with this ship.

All the main cast have had near death experiences. Max with Covid, Avery with appendicitis, Tristan with CO2 poisoning and even Capt Massey with his broken heart syndrome. I know in any medical based drama the main cast will have close calls but this is within the first 6 episodes. Suspicious…

We never see anyone board or disembark from the ship. It’s strange to not even have generic establishing shots of people walking up near the ship, to have a green screened few shots of the crew on a harbour side, to have any moment of people coming on or off the ship even as a suggestion. Everyone comes in through the trippy tunnel and that’s it. Now, either I’m too poor to even comprehend such an impressive entryway or this is a visual of “going down the tunnel to the light”. Because I don’t think any cruise ship in existence has an entry like that.

“But Cupcake”, I hear you say, “what about the scenes off the boat? On the islands and beaches?” Well, we might see them on a speedboat if we’re lucky, but not actual shots of leaving or getting on the ship. And we only ever see crew or passengers from the ship at these destinations. The big one here is the passenger whose arm gets trapped in the cave - where are the local emergency services? Where’s the coastguard? An emergency helicopter of some sort? Why is the medical crew of a cruise ship doing extreme emergency rescues? We hear about all these incredible destinations they stop at but we see nothing of them and no outsiders to the ship (the couple lost at sea are sort of an exception but I think you can work it into the theory).

Next thing is something specifically brought up by Sam that I follow on TikTok for 911 stuff (vampirebuckley on X). Dr Max has to be lying about his award for cleft palate surgery (he’s the wrong kind of doctor for that), or it’s a fantasy of being exceptional. But I extend that to all the medical crew. They’re qualified and experienced enough to perform surgery (skin infection debridement and appendectomy), and they have such broad and in-depth medical knowledge they can diagnose (potential) tropical diseases and Huntington’s? Not forgetting they have a CT machine ON A CRUISE SHIP. I’m no medical professional, all I’ve done is watch medical tv shows, but this is out there even for this genre. It’s like the fantasy of being exceptional in your field, but all of this is just insane for a cruise ship however luxurious it is.

Lastly, the name of the show. The word odyssey literally means an arduous journey. Homer’s The Odyssey is about Odysseus facing many trials as he makes his way home from war. Sure, it could just be a cool sounding name or it could be a hint. Also why I’m leaning towards a ferrying the dead situation because that still holds some danger in trying to get everyone to the other side safely whereas the ship just being heaven would be a bit too final and lacking the risk factor a medical show needs.

If you read all this, thank you! I’m new to all this theorising stuff and I honestly might be terrible at it but this was fun. And even if I’m wrong and it just the sexy throuple boat show, I’ll still watch and enjoy the hell out of it.

[rainbow-nerdss]

Seven Sentence Sunday

I was tagged by @daffi-990 and @wikiangela

Thank you everyone who has kept on tagging me in these while I've been unable to share anything! Had to take a week or so out bc my laptop broke, and I've been exhausted. Not to mention focusing on my big bang fic!

Here's a little bit from the 7x03 spec fic I'm working on, I should hopefully get it up in the next few days! 💙💙

Buck is straight up not doing good in this one, boys.

“They must have turned around before they met the storm,” Chim was saying. Buck felt another cold wave of fear. “Then why did they need to—oh.” The helicopter turned, and Buck saw it. The cruise ship—or what remained of it—was fully capsized in the water, nothing but a dark shape amongst the waves. “They're on the lifeboats,” Eddie said, evidently finished with the radio. “Coastguard said almost everyone got off. We have to believe they're okay.” “Almost everyone?” Hen asked, and Buck knew she was thinking the same as him—there was no universe in which Bobby wouldn’t be the last off a sinking ship, and Athena wouldn't leave him behind. “They're still on the ship,” Buck said, certainty settling deep in his chest. “I have to get down there.” “Buck!” Eddie held out a hand, as though Buck were about to jump. “It's—we can’t—” “Eddie, I need to. Tommy, how low can you get us?”

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[scotianostra]

On November 6th 1996 disaster struck near Sumburgh airport when a Chinook Helicopter crashed into the North sea.

Forty seven people were on board the helicopter which was on a 130-mile flight from the Brent field, north east of Shetland, to Sumburgh airport.

Two men were rescued soon after the crash by a Coastguard helicopter which had taken off on a routine flight minutes before the helicopter went down. They came across the accident when spotting an oil slick below.

The Captain Pushp Vaid was one of the two survivors. On 10 November the cockpit voice recorder, the cockpit section of the fuselage, the rotors and rotor heads, and the gearboxes and associated control systems had been recovered. 44 of the 45 bodies were recovered. The accident was caused by the failure of a modified bevel ring gear in the forward transmission which allowed the twin rotors to collide when synchronisation was lost.

Captain Vaid was back in the cockpit six months after the tragedy but for the rest of his flying days, he took November 6th off.

The Chinooks were withdrawn from operations in the North Sea after the accident and sold to Columbia Helicopters for heavy lift operations.

The Sumburgh tragedy is the 7th deadliest accident of the oil and gas industry and the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.

The third pic is a memorial and is dedicated to those who lost their lives in five aircraft accidents, related to the offshore oil industry, all of which were based or operated from Sumburgh Airport on Shetland.

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

There was a bit of an incident yesterday!

Tony went for a hike on Cwm Silyn and on the way down turned his ankle and couldn't make his way back. I called mountain rescue and hiked up to meet him. An off duty medic heard of the incident from a neighbour and he and his girlfriend hiked up to us to check him out before rescue arrived.

The response from the volunteer Aberglaslyn MRT and their subsequent level of care was outstanding. They couldn't get the helimed or coastguard helicopter as it was a very busy day for them. So it took a team of 8 and 4 hours to get him attended to and stretchered off where we were met by another paramedic.

Due to other complications and low oxygen levels they then got him home where he could have an ECG before being taken by ambulance to hospital.

He spent the night in a wheelchair and is still in A & E having lots of X-rays and tests so we will know more later on. But he is doing ok and in good spirits.

Our neighbours came to the rescue with the puppies and driving me as far up the mountain as possible and everyone we met was so kind.

The whole drama was filmed for a BBC Series SOS Extreme Rescues... 🫣

No doubt Tony will have details to add when he can.

[stardate44002point3]

Shaw and Risk - some thoughts

Rewatching Picard S3 and to turns out I have more thoughts about Shaw. Who out there is surprised?

So, much of what follows is actually derived from the many, many Todd Stashwick interviews about Shaw that are all over the internet right now. With some additional insightful commentary from the Shaw Nation Discord server (thanks all y'all).

Here's the thing. In response to all the people who hate Shaw, who think he isn't a "real" Starfleet captain; who think he's a coward (thanks dudebros on the ST Facebook pages); who think he's boring. He's actually none of those things. He's what actual military (and quasi military) leaders look like. Our first introduction to him is him talking about structure and tempo and meter; structure exists so that when you are doing something inherently risky (exploring the final frontier) you have guidelines so that you aren't always relying entirely on your own judgement. Rules and guidelines and procedures exist to keep people safe in an inherently risky environment.

To make a real life comparison, in search operations, coastguard, marine and mountain rescue there are specific conditions under which a rescue will NOT be initiated because the weather or other conditions are too dangerous, exceed the tolerances of the equipment etc. Think back to the beginning of the year when Julian Sands went missing in the San Bernardino Mountains, there were entire days when not only were the helicopter search and rescue teams grounded because of weather, but even the ground team didn't deploy because it was too dangerous (and there were multiple people lost on Mt Baldy at the time). Are they cowards? Of course not, they have procedures and criteria that are laid down by risk management experts that advise whether there is too great a risk to the rescuers. If the risk is too great, they don't go out.

But we're used to fictional universes where those are exactly the kinds of high-stakes situations that make for good drama, and that always end well because our deontological heroes always have to be vindicated.

Presumably Starfleet has exactly those kinds of structures and procedures that govern their operations; so taking a crew of 500 out beyond the edge of Federation space to rescue Bev Crusher from some unknown peril is exactly the kind of thing that Starfleet would have policies for, and those policies would say NO. As they should. We're just used to our Starfleet heroes blithely ignoring those structures, taking the 1% of success chance and of course, succeeding because the writers make it so.

Although it has often struck me that, if we actually were able to count the 'redshirt' (they aren't all redshirts, that's just shorthand for unnamed characters) deaths in Star Trek, the attrition rates for our favorite captains might be surprisingly high, even with writers giving us deus ex machina saves every second week. It's just that they aren't main characters so their deaths are meaningless.

Back to Picard: there is a moment in Episode 2 that struck me at the time, where Seven is really disingenuous. She asks Shaw if he wants to be known as the captain that let two legends die; or the hero who saved them. As his XO she should also have pointed out option 3; that he be known as the captain who led his crew of 500 into a face off against a much more powerful opponent and they all died. Now, why didn't the writers put those words in her mouth?

Added to which, Shaw is an engineer, I think there's a reason the writers made him an engineer. A huge part of his professional life is risk-management, that's much of what engineers do. They are consequentialists. They look at the equipment tolerances, margins of safety, human capacity for error, and then they make rules to allow certain actions to take place (exploring the final frontier) and also keep as many people as possible safe (bringing most of your crew home alive).

And finally, there's all that accumulated trauma from Wolf 359. Shaw lived, undeservedly as far as he is concerned, his job as captain is to make sure everyone else lives. And using Starfleet protocols is one way to make sure that happens, to the best of his ability.

I mean, Shaw is clearly not a coward, he has commendations for bravery in his ready room, he's all in once he makes a decision to commit to a course of action, and he puts himself in the frontline every time he has a (realistic) chance of shielding his crew from harm. The man was willing to die to stop the Changelings from taking the bridge.

And that's the only niggle I have about his last appearance, and his speech about Seven; Shaw is not boring and rules don't necessarily need to be broken because again, the rules exist for a reason, they are generally not arbitrary and, in reality, breaking the rules gets people killed. The only reason rule breakers are celebrated in Star Trek is because it is FICTION. It's how we would like to see the world, not how it is, but it's actually a pretty dangerous way to think.

[snifflesthemouse]

Did I just get a Scoop in MY neck of the Woods?

DID A REAL SCOOP FALL INTO MY LAP TODAY?

Hello You Lovely Readers!

          First of all, I need to say that this author cannot express all the gratitude felt for all of you. This mouse is close to 1000 followers!! I know that is a very big deal to this writing rodent, so thank you all! BUT I HAVE A SCOOP…

          Now before I render the scoop, let me reiterate this is the first time I’ve ever heard of this instance. I would like to say that maybe Journalist Jey told Ashli from the DanjaZone (God, we all miss her, don’t we?) but I cannot recall for certain… I was shocked to hear these things today. Especially where I was and with whom. To find someone from the United Kingdom in my neck of the woods is rare… to find one with intel is a blessing.

          I don’t know the credentials for this cat, but the stuff being said makes total sense. This man was a transplant from England, in my neck of the woods in the States! And his sentiment regarding the Duo was so honest, that he started telling stories I never heard as an American reading via the media.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING I AM RECALLING IS REHASHED OUT AT HOME, LATER. THIS CAT DIDN'T GIVE ME AN INTERVIEW LOL. I AM PARAPHRASING.

          The first story I heard was something that proves Buckingham Palace was in fact protecting Harry and Meghan. This story never made it anywhere I can think of, and they must have a ton of these stories covered up somewhere. This is the story he told:

          “In the UK, there is a factory that makes guns specifically for when heirs are born. There’s a 20 gauge and a 12 gauge, and they only make one of each for each child. The guns are given to the Crown Estate, as they are essentially public property. William had his when he was born, and Harry had his. Meghan allegedly forced Harry into putting the guns made for him at birth up for auction. Prince William was forced into buying the guns back at auction so that these very rare, and very publicly owned items, could be returned back to the family. As they had no business being sold, anyway.”

          Then, he told us (my husband and I) about how the monarchy isn’t just some people who won the genetic lotto. He explained that monarchy is more about national identity and tradition, and that the entire nation hates them both. He then told us about this part next regarding Harry’s military services:

          “When Harry wanted to join the military, they wanted him to go into something like the Coastguard or even like William did. No, Harry didn’t want that. He wanted to serve in the “real” military. Even though, as an heir to the Throne, Harry knew that he would be costing the taxpayers millions more than necessary. He was never alone in those helicopters. There was a team that went out before him, a team that went out with him, and then a team that came back after him to ensure there was no way he could be left vulnerable. He never once had a risk of life or limb or anything at all whiles over there. It was all a sham. The most decorated member of the Royal Family is a fraud and he hides behind his wife. He didn’t even have military uniform on for the funeral, and that is because he was stripped of it all. He and his wife denounced their duties. He didn’t earn any of anything he did have.”

          Now you all have no idea how excited we were, as my husband knows and appreciates how much this rat loves the Royals!!

          I travel often. I spend a lot of time on the road (compared to the average person), and I spend a lot of time meeting people from Michigan to South Carolina. Yet, I’ve yet to meet someone from the UK (and he and his wife were from Oxford City). My husband has served next to the men and women of the United Kingdom while in Iraq (He was deployed to Iraq twice and Afghanistan once). He already knows how cool the people of the UK are, but for me this was my first in-person encounter. Like I know I sound silly. But it was so neat.

          I want to know what you all think. Does this make sense about the guns? I believe the second story, but I know nothing much about the guns (even though I want to say Ashli may’ve mentioned it).

          The last thing he said though was that he was certain Harry’s kids aren’t getting titles for several reasons (not what you would think and I am paraphrasing here, this isn’t exact. I am remembering as well as I can):

          “Harry is illegitimate.  His real dad is Hewitt and everyone in the country knows it. Everyone passes him off as Charles’s because of his mum. His mum had an affair and Harry is illegitimate. His kids shouldn’t have titles because they refused them for the kids by choice. They chose to abandon their roles and duties and country. Those kids aren’t entitled to anything because Harry isn’t. This is why Charles doesn’t care that he left as much as you’d think. Optics is everything in the Royal Family. Charles loves monarchy more than anything else. He’s waited for that seat for too long, and he won’t let Harry knock him out of it. Bet.”

          We also discussed the differences between our food and cultures, and I really enjoyed the conversation. My husband and I laughed when he said his wife almost left him like ten times in the first two months of being here.

He said, “She went to make meatballs and spaghetti. She didn’t know all the food here has been pre-seasoned and flavored. She’s adding all her regular spices and flavors, and she takes a bite and starts to cry. She said that was the straw the broke the camel’s back. It’s weird in America. You all think you can throw “ja-loppa-nose (his pronunciation of jalapenos)” on everything and call it spicy. I love this country, but I do miss the food and the culture of my home country.”

           It’s amazing the things you find out and learn. He alluded to the fact that Buckingham Palace essentially protected them every step of the way, and they still do protect them.

          So… what do you think about the guns or the deployment story or everything else? I’ve heard that Hewitt wasn’t around until after Harry was born, but who would really know for certain? Anything can be denied and covered over with a good story and a photo. It’s the game of optics, remember?

Remember, the plan was for Harry to leave after 10 years for the transition of the slimmed down Monarchy? It seems there is something going on  we’re missing.

          We’re missing something, right in front of our faces, too.

          Bet… I bet the Telegraph will get a surrogacy dossier or something along those lines soon enough. Probably right after the coronation. Maybe even a day or two before, that way the sensationalism is there for action and Charles will finally have that forced hand he needs.

Until the next bit of cheese drops in the floor,

                    Your Mouse Sniffles.

[arthur-lesters-tummy]

day 82 of the dreamlands

oy vey, today has not been great...

it started off okay, barbara opened up a bit and told us she had been in one of the rebellions - i knew i recognized her from somewhere, the photos from the secondhand shop! - and she'd been protesting in favour of unrestricted travel between worlds though it didn't end well, which would explain why we've had such a hard time finding an exit. it's purposefully hidden by those in charge... whoever they are. she said she'd seen enough action in her lifetime so unfortunately she didn't want to join us :( we will write to her though!

it's just as well she didn't come. we found the Warson Lollice guy with a helicopter, we could tell he didn't want to deal with us, but ribcage took him aside for a moment and afterwards he suddenly did a 180 and was welcoming us in... do you have dirt on this guy @arthur-lesters-ribcage ? anyway, i distracted him by getting a tour of the house while ribcage made for the vault of money. this guy was so boring and talked about his parents/grandparents who he'd inherited the estate from, tons of stories about them because he had no personality outside them. my distraction worked too well bc he went on and on, even when ribby came back.

made it sound like it was urgent that we had to leave, so we finally got to the helicopter and flew off. we went through the zone of forgetfulness, which he said he went through regularly. but when we came out of it he freaked out and we crashed into the ocean... i guess that was what my deck of cards meant by "beware", could've used a less vague warning!!

i got injured by the debris and from hitting the water so hard, but ribcage is fine, and Warson managed to contact the coastguards for help and we got to the mainland. i blacked out for a bit and now I seem to be in the hospital. Warson kept me company while ribcage is gone tracking down @arthur-lesters-tits @arthur-lesters-slutty-waist @arthur-lesters-trachea and the others, but the disguise wore off so he fled... the food is awful here. guys, come visit me :(

[mikeepoo]

Reykjanes, Iceland

A coastguard helicopter flies close to a volcanic eruption taking place near Grindavík, on the Reykjanes peninsula, south-western Iceland

Photograph: Icelandic Coast Guard/AFP/Getty Images

[mariacallous]

The Greek coast guard has rejected the findings of a BBC investigation into the fatal shipwreck off Pylos, which showed that the migrant fishing boat was not moving for many hours before it sank.

The coastguard claims that during these hours the boat was still on course for Italy.

“From the time of its detection until its sinking, the specific fishing vessel traveled a total of about 30 nautical miles,” the Greek coast guard said on Monday in a press release.

In its Sunday report, the BBC said the fishing vessel was stationary for hours. Data from MarineTraffic, a maritime analytics, shows that the movement of other ships in the area proves that the vessel did not move for at least seven hours before capsizing.

“All of the shipping activity of the previous seven hours was focused around one specific spot, suggesting the migrant boat had hardly moved. The scale of the animated map suggests it traveled less than a few nautical miles, which may be expected of a stricken vessel buffeted by the wind and the waves in the deepest part of the Mediterranean Sea,” said the BBC.

The cited animated map did not depict the fishing boat as it didn’t have a tracker, and coastguard and military vessels do not have to share their location.

At least 78 migrants were found dead on June 14 after the fishing boat, allegedly with 400 to 750 people on board, sunk off Pylos in the Peloponnese. So far, 104 migrants have been rescued. The number of people missing remains unknown.

The Greek coast guard said the boat, from the moment of its detection on June 13, traveled a total of 24 nautical miles.

Later that afternoon, the vessel was approached by two tankers offering assistance. The fishing boat initially moved away but finally stopped and accepted food supplies – a process that lasted four hours and 30 minutes.

“After this process was completed, the occupants began to throw the supplies into the sea,” the Greek coast guard said.

The Greek authorities claim that in the evening hours, a Greek coast guard vessel arrived in the area and spotted the boat moving at a low speed; it tried to approach it to verify its current situation. The ship stopped but continued on its way.

“From the moment the refueling process was completed until it was immobilized, due to mechanical failure, the fishing boat traveled a distance of about 6 nautical miles,” the Greek coast guard said.

Watch The Med Alarm Phone, a hotline for boat people in distress, wrote that the Greek authorities had been warned many hours before the boat capsized that it was in distress.

A coast guard press release stated that Italian authorities informed them about the vessel, spotted by an EU border protection agency FRONTEX aerial vehicle and by two ships. A Greek boat sailed to the spot, while a helicopter took off at the same time.

The coast guard claims that three hours before the boat sank, they dropped ropes on the vessel to ascertain its condition.

“This process lasted a few minutes, and then, after the small cortages [small ropes] were resolved by the migrants themselves, the Coast Guard vessel moved away and watched the fishing vessel from a close distance,” the statement added.

Nine Egyptians, alleged to be the traffickers in the deadly shipwreck, face serious charges of forming a criminal organisation, causing a shipwreck by negligence, and endangering life. They were testifying on Monday to the magistrate.

Pakistan’s authorities have arrested 10 people accused of human trafficking involved in the Pylos case. It is estimated that up to 300 people on board were from Pakistan.