REMAINS OF 8 PLANE CRASH VICTIMS SOUGHT.Byline: Jeff Barnard Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Crews searched for bodies and wreckage Sunday as hope faded for finding any survivors among the eight crewmen still missing from an Air Force Reserve plane that crashed into the ocean. ``We have officially changed the nature of the mission from a search and rescue mission Noun 1. search and rescue mission - a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them deliverance, rescue, saving, delivery - recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" to a search and recovery mission,'' said Col. Gene Garton, vice wing commander of the 304th Rescue Squadron in Portland, Ore. ``We are attempting to recover remains. We don't expect there to be any survivors.'' A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter resumed the search at 8 a.m. and was to be followed by two Air Force helicopters and a C-130. Two Coast Guard cutters and a Navy frigate frigate (frĭg`ĭt), originally a long, narrow nautical vessel used on the Mediterranean, propelled by either oars or sail or both. Later, during the 18th and early 19th cent. also were searching and picking up debris. The HC-130 from the 304th Rescue Squadron was flying a training mission out of Portland, Ore., on Friday when it reported total electronic failure and crashed 40 miles off Point Mendocino in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern . The crew of the first Coast Guard helicopter out of McKinleyville reached the crash site two hours after getting the distress call. Under the light of a full moon, they spotted radioman ra·di·o·man n. A radio technician or operator. Robert Vogel Robert Vogel (October 21, 1918 - January 28, 2005) was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973 to 1978. He established the Robert Vogel Law Office in Grand Forks, North Dakota, not to be confused with the Vogel Law Firm. of Albany, Ore., in a survival suit, clinging to a seat cushion. He was in fair condition in an Arcata hospital Sunday, where an Air Force team investigating the crash was interviewing him. Two bodies were pulled from the water and brought by Coast Guard cutter to Eureka, where they were to undergo autopsies today. All those aboard were from Oregon or southwest Washington. |
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