Crew Member - Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes Off Alabama Coast Reuters

By Kelli Dugan

MOBILE, Alabama Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:18am EST

MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - A U.S. Coast Guard heli crashed off Alabama's sea-coast within Mobile Bay on Tuesday departing one team member suffering a loss and three missing, a new spokeswoman said.

Petty Officer Second Class Elizabeth Bordelon reported that MH-65 Dolphin crashed simply right after 8:30 p.m. local moment next to Point Clear, Alabama.

Bordelon, communicating through New Orleans, said your flight originated from the Aviation Training Center in Mobile. She could possibly not right away determine the problem associated with your rescued crew associate sent to a nearby medical or maybe should the harmed and not often known have been Coast Guard program members. Names belonging to the team associates have not been launched impending notification connected with relatives.

A reply cutter through Dauphin Island in addition to two further MH-65s coming from New Orleans happen to be dispatched that can help within the search, the girl said.

A Mobile County Sheriff's Flotilla crew , an HU-144 twin-engine aeroplanes and an Alabama Marine Resources route have also been activated.

The reason behind the actual collision were right away known.

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