Kip Powick Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 A search was on Thursday night for nine people left missing after a Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine helicopter over the Pacific Ocean near Southern California, officials said. Rescuers were combing the area where the collision occurred, aviation officials said. A pilot reported seeing a fireball about 7:10 p.m. near the crash site, which is about 25 miles east of San Clemente Island. FAA officials said a Coast Guard C-130 plane carrying seven people collided with a Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra helicopter carrying two people. U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Josh Nelson confirmed that the collision occurred and said a large rescue team from the Navy and Coast Guard were in the area "We are throwing everything we can at this right now. We are looking for survivors," Nelson said. "They have seen debris is in the water." Weather conditions were aiding the search, he added. "The winds are calm, the seas are calm and we are using night-vision goggles," Nelson said. "The search conditions are ideal." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woxof Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 One just happened in Afghanistan with many casualties and is added in as deaths due to the Afghan war which is misleading. Midair collisions can happen anywhere as shown here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 and is added in as deaths due to the Afghan war which is misleading Not really.....if there was no requirement for the helos to be there...in the war.... then there probably would not have been an accident. The deaths occurred due to the fact that the helos had to be there in the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woxof Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Not really.....if there was no requirement for the helos to be there...in the war.... then there probably would not have been an accident. The deaths occurred due to the fact that the helos had to be there in the war. Hmmm.....I wonder how many of those aircraft that are operating over there right now would have been involved in midair collisions over here instead on training execises. Maybe some, maybe none If only that coast guard C-130 had been in Kabul. Almost a 100% guarantee those boys would still be alive. I'm afraid it works both ways. Woxof...there are lies, damn lies and statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 If only that coast guard C-130 had been in Kabul Yeh...lot of water over there for them to "protect" eh??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woxof Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Logic can't be explained . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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