Military Aircraft Collide in Calif. -- Crews Search for Survivors of Coast Guard, Marine Helicopter Crash Off Coast of San Diego

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SAN DIEGO - The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Friday as investigators tried to solve the mystery of how the aircrews failed to see each other in a heavily used military training area.

Military aircraft and ships searched the ocean off Southern California for any sign of the victims while investigators gathered recordings of air traffic controllers and pilot communications. The search covered 644 square miles of ocean but focused on a debris field 50 miles off the San Diego coast.

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Military Aircraft Collide in Calif. -- Crews Search for Survivors of Coast Guard, Marine Helicopter Crash Off Coast of San Diego

The crash involved a Coast Guard C-130 with a seven-member crew and a Marine Corps AH-1W S...

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