Rescue search underway in Los Angeles: 3 people believed aboard 2 collided planes
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Rescue search underway in Los Angeles: 3 people believed aboard 2 collided planes
One small plane with two men aboard and another plane with one woman aboard have collided over the ocean near the Port of Los Angeles, setting off a major search that has yet to turn up any survivors or dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The search for wreckage and possible survivors over a 200-square-mile area is expected to continue through the night with helicopters and boats, with a more extensive search resuming Saturday.
We don’t want to give up until we really feel that there’s no chance, that we haven’t scanned the area, searched the whole area and looked for survivors.
Coast Guard Capt. Jennifer Williams
Men ages 61 and 81 were believed to be aboard one plane, a Beechcraft. Wreckage and a pilot’s logbook have been found from that plane, Coast Guard Capt. Jennifer Williams said. The other plane, a Super Decathlon flown by a 72-year-old woman, is missing, and air traffic controllers saw two aircraft apparently run into each other on radar, leading authorities to conclude they must have collided. The crash site was near the Angels Gate light, a lighthouse at the San Pedro Breakwater that is on the National Register of Historic Places. The area is popular for flight students.
