Read the following passage and answer if the question is true or false.
Passage: The mishap in The Guardian where Randall loses his crew is loosely based on an actual U.S. Coast Guard aviation mishap in Alaska. The aircraft was an HH-3F Pelican (USCG variant of the Jolly Green Giant) instead of the HH-60J Jayhawk (USCG variant of the Blackhawk/Seahawk) pictured in the movie.

Question: is the movie the guardian based on a true story?

Is the answer True or False? Respond with only "True" or "False" and no additional text.
True (but with the clarification that the incident in the movie is loosely based on a real incident and some details have been changed)