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ISLAND AIR TRAVEL: 1981, 12 Mi (19 Km) NE of Virgin Gorda. Stingrays, eagle rays, bar-
AIR ST. THOMAS (340) 776-2722 St. Thomas racuda, snapper, horse-eye jacks and blacktip reef sharks are found
here. The king of the wreck is a 600-pound (almost 300 Kilos) Jewfish.

AMERICAN AIRLINES (800) 433-733 Tortola/Virgin Gorda VHF:
AMERICAN EAGLE (284) 495-2559 Tortola Channel 16: Standby & Internat’l Distress
BRITISH AIRWAYS (284) 494-2215 Tortola Channel 12: Portside Operations
CAPE AIR (800) 352-0714 Tortola Channel 6: Ship-to-Ship Safety
CARIBBEAN WINGS (284) 495-6000 Tortola Channel 24, 85,87 W.A.H. V. Islands Radio
CARIBAIR (340) 777-1944 St. Thomas Channel 68: Ship-to-Ship
Channel 22A Coast Guard
Channel 3: Weather
EMERGENCY:
U. S. Coast Guard (787) 729-6770

DELTA AIRLINES (800) 221-1212 St. Thomas Virgin Island Search and Rescue 999 or 911

FLY BVI LTD. (284) 495-4752 Tortola Divers Alert Network (DAN) (919) 684-8111, call collect: (919) 684-
GORDA AERO SERVICE (340) 776-7790 St. Thomas 4DAN
LIAT LTD. (284) 495-1187 Tortola St. Thomas Hospital (recompression chamber): (340) 776-2686
US AIRWAYS (800) 622-1015 FISHING PERMITS: (284) 494-3429

VIEQUES AIR LINK INC. (340) 778-9858 St. Thomas

WINDWARD ISLAND AIRWAYS (340) 775-0183 St. Thomas

THE WRECK OF THE CHIKUZEN 40’-75’ (12-23m) Adv. 246’
(75m) Japanese refrigerator fishing fleet ship sank portside- down in