A longliner ran aground to near the Pago Pago International Airport and its crewmembers deployed life rafts to get to shore. About 22 crew members were on the Seahawk 68 longliner and they all survived.
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The episode as NWS ASO wrote it up.
A longliner ran aground to near the Pago Pago International Airport and its crewmembers deployed life rafts to get to shore. About 22 crew members were on the Seahawk 68 longliner and they all survived. A high surf and small craft advisories were issued when this incident occurred.
1 seiche. Local standard time, as filed.
The Talanei News reported a longliner ran aground near the [Pago Pago International] airport and its crewmembers had to deploy life rafts to get to shore. About 22 crew members were on the Seahawk 68 longliner and they all survived. A high surf and small craft advisories were issued when this incident occurred.
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