Navy Helicopter With 5 Aboard Crashes Off San Diego Coast

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Wed, 05/20/2009 - 2:48am

The Coast Guard says a Navy helicopter with five people aboard has crashed into the ocean 13 miles south of San Diego near the Coronado Islands.

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