The Coast Guard and local agencies responded to a foreign flagged sailing vessel that ran aground near Lahaina, Maui on Monday.

Coast Guard Sector Honolulu watch standers received a radio distress call from the Altego II, a 52-foot sailing vessel with eight people on board, after they ran aground near the entrance to Lahaina Harbor.

Coast Guard Sector Honolulu issued an urgent marine broadcast to mariners, dispatched a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Maui, and diverted the Coast Guard Cutter William Hart to respond to the situation.

Good Samaritans operating in the area were able to safely transport eight people, including five children, to Lahaina from the sailing vessel Altego II after it ran aground near Lahaina Harbor. No injuries were reported.

No wildlife impacts have been reported or observed at this time.

Photo credit: U.S. Coast Guard