DATE: December 12, 2004 2:05:48 PM AKST
1:52 p.m. AST Update - Joint Information Center Release
Media Advisory

Motor Vessel Selendang Ayu Unified Command

Joint Information Center

Unified Command Joint Information Center

Date:  Dec. 12, 2004
Contact: Coast Guard Public Affairs
907-487-5700

PRESS CONFERENCE WITH AIR CREWS SCHEDULED

KODIAK, Alaska -  The Coast Guard helicopter crew involved in the helicopter crash while attempting to hoist the remaining crewmembers from the grounded freighter Selendang Ayu, and the helicopter crew that subsequently rescued them will be available for interviews Monday at 1 p.m. in the passenger lounge located in hangar one at the Coast Guard's air station here.

Media will also have the opportunity to shoot b-roll of an H60 Jayhawk and H65 Dolphin helicopter, as well as, of the survival gear that Coast Guard flight crews wear.

Media interested in attending should contact the Coast Guard public affairs office in Kodiak at 907-487-5700 by 6 p.m. today.

 

 

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