San Clemente Island

A Coast Guard transport plane and a camp Pendleton helicopter collided on Thursday evening at San Clemente Island. Plane was carrying 7 people and helicopter was carrying 2 members on it. Rescue and search operation started immediately off the coast of San Clemente Island. Coast guard spokesman Petty Officer Henry Dunphy said that The Navy reported a mid-air collision about 15 miles east of San Clemente Island after 7 p.m. Aviation Authorities believe that Coast Guard’s C-130 transport plane hit Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra, although the report is preliminary but Marine Corps officials have confirmed that an AH-1 Cobra was involved. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said that the rescue team was trying to search the 9 people.
The Cost Guard sent three cutters and a Jayhawk H-60 and Navy sent four vessels and multiple helicopters to search the drowned aircraft and helicopter. No survivor had been located and also there were no news about the plane and helicopter. Coast guard’s aircraft was on its routine flight on Thursday when it collided with the Navy Cobra. Cobra is a small helicopter which is used for attacking purposes and carries two members at a time. Cobra was on a training exercise when it crashed with air craft.
San Clement Island is at 55 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego County. It is owned by the U.S. Navy which uses it for training purposes.