CTWG: 7 November Search & Rescue Evaluation Initial Press Release

THIS IS A SIMULATED TRAINING EXERCISE. THIS IS NOT A REAL EVENT

The following represents the actions of the CT Wing as they treat the below USAF Training exercises as if they were very real.
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Initial Press Release 0730hrs

Civil Air Patrol’s Connecticut members mobilize for multiple incidents, Search and Rescue efforts.

November 7, 2009
(HARTFORD, CT) – Civil Air Patrol’s Connecticut Wing members launched multiple aircraft and ground teams to search for a missing Cessna 172 aircraft and a missing person in a northern Connecticut State Park

The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center asked the CT Wing at 7:00 p.m. November 6 to search for a missing single engine, red Cessna, whose pilot and passenger departed Tweed New Haven Airport. The pilot had planned a stop over in Waterbury with a final destination of Albany NY. The aircraft did not land at Waterbury and never arrived in Albany.

Wing members, launched their air search and rescue effort at sunrise to trace the planned route of the aircraft and to monitor the airwaves for the emergency electronic locating transmitter the aircraft was equipped with. Additionally, ground search units consisting of both senior members and cadets were tasked with searching the immediate areas surrounding the airports along the pilots intended course.

At virtually the same time, Wing members launched both air and ground assets in support of a request from the Connecticut State Police. A women, ######, age 53 wearing a ski jacket and jeans and carrying a personal electronic locating transmitter was reported missing in Enders State Park, Granby.

Anyone with any knowledge of either the missing aircraft or the missing person described above is asked to call ###-###-#### immediately.

Next Press Release and Briefing: Aprox.10:00 AM
CAP/CTWG Incident Command Center

THIS IS A SIMULATED TRAINING EXERCISE. THIS IS NOT A REAL EVENT