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  • 9 feared dead in mid-air collision ( 50 miles off coast near San Diego )

    10/31/2009 10:34:52 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 23 replies · 1,932+ views
    CBC News ^ | Friday, October 30, 2009 | 3:50 PM ET | Donald Knowles Associated Press
    Investigators are trying to determine why a U.S. Coast Guard C-130 airplane and a U.S. Marine Corps attack helicopter collided on Thursday night, likely killing nine crew members. Aircraft and ships are scouring the ocean off San Diego for any signs of survivors of the nighttime collision, but Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the crash likely killed both the plane's seven crew members and the two-person crew of the AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter.Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the crash occurred minutes after control of the C-130 was handed off from FAA controllers to military air controllers.