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SAN DIEGO - The Coast Guard and Navy are responding to a mid-air collision between a Department of Defense helicopter and a Coast Guard airplane 15 miles east of San Clemente Island, Calif., Thursday evening.
At 7:10 p.m. the Navy reported to the Coast Guard that they observed what appeared to be a mid-air collision in the vicinity of San Clemente Island.
The Coast Guard responded by sending three Coast Guard cutters, and diverting an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to the area to search for survivors. The Navy sent four vessels and multiple helicopters to aid in the search.
The Coast Guard and Navy are actively searching for survivors at this time
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How does that happen. What kind of exercise puts those two aircraft, an attack helicopter and a long range surveillance plane, it such close proximity?
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C-130 and a helicopter? How? Over the Ocean?
very sad. Prayers up and prayers up for the family members. What a sad, sad report.
Coast Guard C-130
AH-1 Cobra
The helicopter was an AH-1 Cobra, similar to the AH-1W Super Cobra, the helicopter that crashed near Alpine in May taking the lives of two Marine Corps pilots.
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Coast-Guard-c130-Marine-Cobra-helicopter-collide/lF0CO2r6102_ENGYVZcrwA.cspx
12:06 am
The Cobra helicopter belonged to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is based at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, said Marine spokesman Maj. Jay Delarosa.
But this helicopter was stationed at Camp Pendleton, and there were two people on board, Delarosa said. He didn’t know when or from where the Cobra left for its training mission.
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/29/marine-coast-guard-planes-collide-san/
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Prayers for them.
22 hours and still no word. Not good.
Rumor going around that the incident was caused when a fishing vessel shined a high intensity searchlight at the Cobra. The aviators were wearing night vision goggles and were essentially blinded. They then flew into the C-130, which was part of a SAR exercise.