The number of fake distress calls on the Great Lakes is three times higher than last year, and the spike is endangering lives and costing thousands of dollars, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Many ...

In the summer of 2021, a mayday call went out from the captain aboard a fishing vessel who needed Narcan to help save a life due to an overdose on board. There happened to be another vessel in the ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The U.S. Coast Guard continues looking for whoever may have made multiple false distress calls transmitted over VHF channel 16 coming from the Cape Fear area. “Mayday!

The U.S. Coast Guard is asking for the public’s help identifying the source of a series of fake distress calls radioed between Friday and Sunday. The agency received multiple calls on VHF channel 16, ...

NOW, THEY'RE WARNING... ABOUT HOW SERIOUS THESE CALLS ARE. WMUR'S IMANI FLEMING IS HERE WITH THAT. MONICA/TROY - THE COAST GUARD SAYS FAKE DISTRESS CALLS ARE ACTUALLY A áFEDERAL CRIMEá .. áANYONE ...

An Air India Boeing7878 (Flight AI171), bound for London with 242 souls, issued a Mayday call shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad on Thursday. The plane crashed near the airport, plummeting into ...

OGUNQUIT, Maine (WMTW) - The Coast Guard is reminding the public that knowingly transmitting false distress calls is a federal crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and fines up to $250,000, ...