Crashed Coast Guard chopper raised from Ala. bay


March 1, 2012 at 1:00p.m.

Crashed Coast Guard chopper raised from Ala. bay

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities have hauled the wreckage of a Coast Guard helicopter out of Alabama waters but did not find the bodies of three missing crew members inside.

U.S. Coast Guard officials say the search continues for the missing men. A fourth man was found after the crash but died.

Coast guard officials identified the three missing men as Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Knight, Lt. j.g. Thomas Cameron, and Lt. Cmdr. Dale Taylor.

The MH-65C helicopter crashed on a training mission Tuesday evening near Point Clear in Mobile Bay.

One crew member, Chief Petty Officer Fernando Jorge, was found unresponsive and later declared dead.