Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, lowers the station's national ensign to half mast
Officials say they're no longer searching for survivors of a midair collision between a U.S. Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California.
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Petty Officer First Class Allison Conroy said there was little chance of finding survivors among the seven military personnel aboard the Coast Guard C-130 and the two in the Marine Corps Super Cobra helicopter.
Conroy says the active search for survivors has been suspended.
The C-130’s crew was based out of the Coast Guard’s Air Station in Sacramento…at McClellan Air Field.
The two aircraft collided Thursday evening as the Coast Guard was searching for a missing boater.
Debris from both aircraft was found, but there was no sign of the crew members.