Last Update: 10/29 10:40 pm
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.
The helicopter was similar to the AH-1W Super Cobra, the helicopter that crashed near Alpine in May taking the lives of two Marine Corps pilots.
AH-1W Super Cobra
The helicopter was part of the 3rd Marine Air Wing Light Attack Squadron. It can carry two pilots but it is not know how many were on board when it went down.
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