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Author Topic: Coast Guard C-130 And Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra Involved In Collision  (Read 4526 times)

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"Thursday's crash involved a Coast Guard C-130 with a seven-member crew and a Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra with two aboard as it flew in formation near the Navy's San Clemente Island, a site with training ranges for amphibious, air, surface and undersea warfare."

"Minutes before the collision, the FAA told the C-130 pilot to begin communicating with military controllers at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego Bay, but it was not known if the pilot did so, Gregor said."

from:

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20091030/US.Midair.Collision/