U.S. Coast Guard plane, helicopter collide off California coast

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. Coast Guard plane collided Thursday with a military helicopter off the southern California coast, the Associated Press quoted a Coast Guard spokesman as saying.

File - A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 aircraft flies in this August 2, 2003 file photo over the waters off the southwest coast of Eleuthera in the Bahamas.(AP Photo/HO, Donald Knowles)

There has been no immediate report of casualties so far.

The navy reported crash of a helicopter at about 7:00 p.m. local time Thursday (2200 GMT). The helicopter went down about 24 km east of San Clemente Island, the southern tip of the Channel Islands.

The Coast Guard said several vessels were searching the area for the wreckage.