Editor's note: For audio of the mayday call, click on the thumbnails above.
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard rescued one man and continues searching for another after the 34-foot fishing vessel Munchkin ran aground on rocks approximately one mile west of Lanai, Hawaii, at 12:12 a.m. Friday.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point located and recovered one survivor in the water at 3:20 a.m. The survivor was taken to Memorial Hospital on Maui.
The Coast Guard Cutter Kiska, a 110-foot Island class patrol boat homeported in Hilo, a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Maui and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Barbers Point continue to search for the second man.
Current on-scene weather conditions are 10 mile per hour winds with 3-4 foot seas.
At 12:12 a.m., watchstanders at the Sector Honolulu Command Center received a mayday call over VHF radio channel 16 from fishing vessel Munchkin stating they ran aground off Lanai with two people aboard.
For more information, contact the 14th Coast Guard District public affairs office at (808) 535-3230.