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WATCH: Coast Guard Rescues Two Pilots From Helicopter Crash Near Fort Meade

By  //  October 5, 2019

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Rescued are Polk County Deputy Lavon Hughes and a gyrocopter pilot

ABOVE VIDEO: The Coast Guard rescued two pilots from two separate helicopter crashes near Ft. Meade, Florida, Thursday afternoon.

FORT MEADE, FLORIDA – The Coast Guard rescued two pilots from two separate helicopter crashes near Ft. Meade, Florida, Thursday afternoon.

Rescued are Polk County Deputy Lavon Hughes and a gyrocopter pilot.

An MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew launched from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater to hoist the two pilots out of the field they had crashed in and transported to Tampa General Hospital.

Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders were notified at 3:27p.m., of the crash and that both pilots were alive but unreachable by vehicle.

The Federal Aviation Administration will be investigating the causes of the crashes.

An MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew launched from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater to hoist the two pilots out of the field they had crashed in and transported to Tampa General Hospital. (Coast Guard image)
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