Rescue teams searched the waters off the coast of Southern California on Friday for nine people missing after a mid-air crash of a U.S. Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, officials said.
The collision was reported on Thursday evening off San Clemente Island, a U.S. Navy-owned island about 68 miles west of San Diego, according to Coast Guard and Marine Corps officials.
Seven people were believed to be aboard the Coast Guard C-130 transport, and two more aboard the Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter when the two aircraft collided, authorities said.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known, authorities said. The Cobra crew was on a training mission at the time, authorities said.
As of dawn on Friday, pilots and sailors were searching for any survivors in and around an ocean debris field spotted between San Clemente Island and the San Diego County coast, authorities said.
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