Although I don’t know these men personally, still feel at loss for my fellow shipmates, guess it is a little of shock. Coast Guard planes don’t crash, there known for saving lives. But the following has been released as some of you might of already heard.
A Coast Guard C-130 has gone down off the California Coast. It is believed that the C-130 collided with a Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra helicopter. Search and rescue is ongoing. The C-130 was out of Air Station Sacramento. The aviation community has asked that only official calls be made to Air Station Sacramento at this time.
Please keep the aircraft crew, 7 Coasties, And the two fellow Marines oh the AH-1 Cobra in your thoughts and prayers.
Plane, helicopter collide off California coast; 9 missing
A search was on Thursday night for nine people left missing
after a Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine helicopter
over the Pacific Ocean near Southern California, officials said.
Rescuers were combing the area where the collision
occurred, aviation officials said.
A pilot reported seeing a fireball about 7:10 p.m. near the
crash site, which is about 25 miles east of San Clemente
Island. FAA officials said a Coast Guard C-130 plane
carrying seven people collided with a Marine Corps AH-1
Cobra helicopter carrying two people.
U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Josh Nelson confirmed that the
collision occurred and said a large rescue team from the
Navy and Coast Guard were in the area
"We are throwing everything we can at this right now.
We are looking for survivors," Nelson said. "They have
seen debris is in the water."
Weather conditions were aiding the search, he added.
"The winds are calm, the seas are calm and we are using
night-vision goggles," Nelson said. "The search conditions
are ideal."
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