Honolulu Star Advertiser: Search underway for 12 Marines after 2 helicopters collide off North Shore
The U.S. Coast Guard and Honolulu Fire Department are searching this morning for survivors after two Marine helicopters, with a total of 12 people on board, crashed off Oahu’s North Shore late Thursday night.
Coast Guard officials told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser they received a distress call at 10:38 p.m. from the Marines that two of its CH-53 Super Stallion helicopters, each with six Marines on board, had crashed off Oahu. Debris from the crash was sighted 2.5 miles off Haleiwa shortly after midnight, they said. CNN, citing a Coast Guard spokeswoman, reported that search crews spotted an empty life raft and flames on the water.
The search for survivors is taking place eight miles off shore between Haleiwa to Waialua, according to the Coast Guard.
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Crash of Marine Helicopters Off Hawaii Leaves 12 Missing, Officials Say -- NYT
Search for survivors after Marine helicopters crash off Hawaii -- Reuters
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