Update: CG ends off-shore search

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard is searching for a 54-year-old male in the water 75 nautical miles off Vermilion Bay, La., in the morning of May 29. The Coast Guard was notified at 6:26 a.m. by workers at the Eugene Island 331 platform that the man entered the water from Renaissance Offshore's Eugene Island 331 platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The CG deployed an MH-65 Dolphin aircrew from New Orleans; CG Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., deployed an HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew; and the Cutter Mako’s boatcrew. The cause of the incident is under investigation. (Source: Coast Guard 05/29/19) UPDATE: Coast Guard ended its search May 31 for the person in the water 75 nautical miles off Vermilion Bay. The CG used 21 assets to search some 3,700 square miles over a 56-hour period.