Where did a C-130 plane and a Naval AH-1 helicopter collide?”
Nine feared dead after US coastguard plane hits helicopter Crash involving US Marine Corps aircraft off Californian coast reported to have happened in good weather condition guardian.co.uk, Friday 30 October 2009 10.15 GMT Nine people are feared to have died after a US coastguard Hercules plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter off the coast of southern California, officials said today. The crash was reported at 7.10pm local time yesterday. It happened around 50 miles off the coast of San Diego county near San Clemente, the southernmost of a chain of islands off California, which is owned by the US navy and used for training. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said a nearby pilot had reported seeing a fireball at the time of the accident. A Marine Corps spokesman said an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter was known to have gone down but no further details were available. The helicopter had been based at Camp Pendleton, a training facility on the southern Californian coast. Ian G
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching early Friday for as many as nine people off the Southern California coast following a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, officials said. The crash was reported at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, about 50 miles off the San Diego County coast and 15 miles east of San Clemente Island, Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer Allyson Conroy said. A pilot reported seeing a fireball near where the aircraft collided, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said, and the Coast Guard informed the FAA that debris from a C-130 had been spotted. Seven people were on board the plane, a C-130, and two people were aboard the helicopter, he said. Cpl Michael Stevens, a spokesman for the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, said the AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter was on a training mission when it went down. The Cobra and its crew are part of Marine Aircraft Group 39, based at Camp Pendleton, and the 3rd Marine Aircraf
FOX40 News has learned a Coast Guard C-130 transport aircraft that reportedly collided with a Naval military helicopter was based out of Sacramento. FOX40.com affiliate KTLA-TV reports nine people are missing after the helicopter and the plane collided over the Pacific Ocean some 25 miles off the coast of San Clemente Island. A pilot reportedly saw a fireball near where the two aircraft are believed to have plunged into the water. FAA Spokesman Ian Gregor confirmed to KTLA-TV that a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft is believed to have collided with a Navy AH-1 Cobra helicopter at 7:10pm. The Coast Guard has deployed a Jayhawk H-60 helicopter to assist with search efforts relating to the collision. Search crews have reportedly found debris in the water, but have not located any survivors.
