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Norristown man among missing Coast Guardsmen
LOS ANGELES - The search for nine people missing when a Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine helicopter over the Pacific Ocean is now a recovery mission, officials said yesterday.
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 AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter.
"We always hold out some hope, but at this point the Coast Guard has suspended the active search for survivors," Conroy said.
The two aircraft collided Thursday evening as the Coast Guard was searching for a missing boater. The Marine helicopter was flying with another Cobra helicopter and two transports on a nighttime training exercise.
The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the crash, Conroy said.
Rear Adm. Joseph Castillo said Saturday evening that the chance for finding survivors would be slim, even though the servicemembers had access to heat-retaining drysuits and were in excellent physical shape. Water temperatures were in the low 60s at the time of the collision.
All seven aboard the Coast Guard plane are stationed at the Coast Guard Air Station in Sacramento, Calif. Among the missing is Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason S. Moletzsky, 26, of Norristown, Pa.
The Coast Guard search for the missing boater, David Jines, 50, was called off Saturday evening.
Nine aircraft searched over a 644-square-mile patch of ocean in waters about 2,000 feet deep. Debris from both aircraft was found, but there was no sign of the crew members.
