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2 aircraft collide near shore of San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach, divers begin rescue
L.A. County Sheriff's Department tweeted this photo of its Special Enforcement Bureau on the scene of a small plane crash off the shore of Cabrillo Beach.
Overhead images from a small plane crash off the shore of Cabrillo Beach, tweeted by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department Special Enforcement Bureau.
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This story was last updated at 6:57 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.
A small plane crashed in the ocean off the shore off Cabrillo Beach shortly after 3 p.m. Friday, according to the L.A. County Fire Department.
The crash was the result of a mid-air collision between two aircrafts, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed. Coast Guard Petty Officer Andrea Anderson said the Federal Aviation Administration has also confirmed the crash resulted from a mid-air collision.
Anderson said that debris has been pulled from the water, but said she could not provide details.
"At this time the Coast Guard is actively searching for any survivors in the area," she said.
There was no update when the Coast Guard was reached shortly before 7 p.m. Friday.
Ken Haskett, L.A. County Fire Department ocean lifeguard captain, told KPCC that rescue divers have begun an attempt to find the plane and locate passengers. He added that a call reporting the crash came in after 3 p.m. Friday from a fishing vessel off the L.A. Harbor Light.
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Haskett said the plane landed in an area of approximately 80 feet of water, and there is a sheen of fuel on the waters surface. He said the first priority is to locate an an unknown number of passengers who were aboard the aircraft.
L.A. County Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard, Long Beach Fire Department and L.A. County Sheriff's Department are assisting with the rescue.
This story has been updated.
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