AIRCRAFT SEA CRASH REPORTED.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer The United States Coast Guard United States Coast Guard U.S. military service that enforces maritime laws. It is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security; in wartime it functions as part of the U.S. Navy. The Coast Guard enforces federal laws on the high seas and waters within U.S. planned an overnight search Thursday off waters near Malibu Point after a passenger on a commuter plane reported seeing another aircraft plunge into the ocean. Officials had no reports of missing aircraft in the area, near where a small plane crashed last week, killing one woman and leaving two others presumed dead, but were searching Thursday after the passenger's report. ``He said that it looked like an airplane had hit the water,'' said Matt Vaughn, a petty officer with U.S. Coast Guard. ``He saw it out of the corner of his eye and notified the pilot.'' The 12:11 p.m. report came from passenger John Dawson John Dawson is a name shared by several notable men, including:
“KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX to Oxnard. Boats from the Coast Guard and the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La along with a helicopter from the Coast Guard and county Sheriff's Department searched a 14-mile-long-by-7-mile-wide area about one mile off shore Thursday. A U.S. Navy C-130 practicing maneuvers in the area was asked to check and observed a 200-by-200-foot area oil sheen sheen n. 1. Glistening brightness; luster: the sheen of old satin in candlelight. 2. Splendid attire. 3. A glossy surface given to textiles. and possible debris field. ``They saw an oil sheen in the water,'' said Capt. Bill Barker, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County lifeguard. ``It's hard to say if that was a crash.'' The Los Angeles County Fire Department and Baywatch Malibu discontinued dis·con·tin·ue v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues v.tr. 1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: their search just after 3 p.m. when nothing was located. ``Our intentions are to search throughout the night,'' said Coast Guard Chief Quarter Master Danny Phee. ``Nothing has been located so far.'' Lifeguard officials said the weather was clear with about 20-mile visibility. While the search continued, officials said they were comforted knowing there were no reports of any missing aircraft. Officials speculated that the debris might have been remains from the crash of a Cessna 172 last week off Topanga Beach in which one woman was killed and two men are presumed dead. The body of Evelyn Cedano, 30, of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of had been recovered, but a search has continued for the pilot and another passenger, along with much of the debris that has not yet been located. ``The debris could have been from an earlier crash last week,'' said Sgt. Kally Barrier of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Lost Hills/Malibu station. ``If the wings came off and flew out to sea, it's possible it could have come back onto the shore.'' |
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