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Military Plane and Helicopter Collide |
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Friday, 30 October 2009 |
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The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy are searching for survivors from a collision between a C-130 plane carrying seven people and a Marine Corps helicopter carrying two others 80 kilometres off the San Diego coast and 24 kilometres east of San Clemente Island. The mid-air crash was reported at 7:10 p.m. local time on Thursday.
The crash involved a Coast Guard C-130 with a seven-member crew and a Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra with two aboard as it flew in formation near the Navy's San Clemente Island. |