U.S. Coast Guard pilots taxi in a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter before taking off during a search mission at the San Diego Coast Guard Station Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
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CG plans service for collision victims
Updated: Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 4:15 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 4:15 PM EST
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Coast Guard plans a memorial service for seven members who died in a collision with a Marine helicopter near San Diego last week.
The Coast Guard said Wednesday the ceremony will be held Friday at Air Station Sacramento, where the crew of the C-130 was based. The service will be closed to the public but transmitted live over the Internet.
The plane with seven people onboard was searching for a missing boater when it collided Thursday night with a Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter on a training exercise. The helicopter's two-man crew also died. A Marine spokesman, Maj. Jay Delarosa, said a memorial was not yet scheduled.
A joint Marines-Coast Guard board is investigating the cause of
the crash.
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