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(CNN) -- A multi-unit search is under way for two missing crew members after a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed off the coast of Washington state Wednesday, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Nathan Bradshaw.

The Coast Guard helicopter -- an MH-60 Jayhawk -- was carrying a 4-person crew from a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Astoria, Oregon, to Sitka, Alaska. It went down near James Island off La Push, Washington, Bradshaw said


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I hope they are safe

Oh dear

Phin power on the way

many prayers coming!

Lots of phin power to all involved.

Phinpower from a "coastie mom" to all concerned....
Please let them be found well.

Search continues after Coast Guard copter crash off La Push
A third member of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew has been pulled from the water off La Push and rescuers are still searching for a fourth crew member following a helicopter crash Wednesday morning just northwest of James Island.

Two crew members were quickly rescued by five members of the Quileute Nation, who jumped into fishing boats and raced to the crash scene. One of the rescued crew members is believed to have died after being brought ashore.

According to one witness, who is vacationing at a resort run by the tribe, the Coast Guard helicopter hit a large power cable that runs from La Push to James Island just before it crashed.

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Sail on............

Coast Guard: 3 dead after copter crash off Wash.
(AP) – 58 minutes ago

SEATTLE — Officials say three U.S. Coast Guard crew members are dead and one is in a Seattle hospital following a helicopter crash off the Washington coast.

The condition of the survivor wasn't immediately clear, but a Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman says the patient is awake and alert.

Rear Adm. Gary Blore says the four-member crew was based in Sitka, Alaska, and was returning there from Astoria, Ore., when it crashed Wednesday morning off James Island, near La Push, Wash.

Residents of the nearby Quileute Nation rushed to help, pulling some of the crash victims from the water.

La Push is about 100 miles west of Seattle on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

SEATTLE (AP) — A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard says one of its helicopters has crashed off the Washington coast, and one of its crew members remains missing.

The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter with four crew members crashed Wednesday morning off James Island, near La Push, Wash., which is about 100 miles west of Seattle.

Two of the members were retrieved by members of the Quileute Nation minutes after the crash, and taken to local hospitals. Their conditions were not known.

Petty officer Nathan Bradshaw says a third member has been located, but that person's condition was not immediately known.

Bradshaw says the helicopter was traveling from Astoria, Ore. to Sitka, Alaska. He says the Coast Guard lost contact with the helicopter around 9:30 a.m.

Sail on, Coasties...

Godspeed Guardsmen.

Sail on

So sad... Sail on...

Damb! Sail on (((((((Coasties)))))))).

Sorry to read this.

Bottoms up to those Naval Aviators.

Just saw this...so very sad...sail on Coasties....

Sail on Coasties, Phin power to their (((((family and friends!)))))

• Aircraft commander Lt. Sean D. Krueger, 33, of Waterboro, Maine.
• Aviation Maintenance Technician, First Class Adam C. Hoke, 40, of Great Falls, Mont.
• Aviation Maintenance Technician, Second Class Brett M. Banks, 33, Green River, Wyo.
The helicopter's co-pilot, Lt. Lance D. Leone, 29, of Ventura, Calif., survived the crash.

Old Coast Guard saying:
"You have to go out .... You don't have to come back".
So true.

Sail on, fellas, and Phin Power to those you leave behind.

-"BB"-