The three people who were aboard a plane used by a Navy contractor that crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California on Wednesday morning have been identified.
The three people who were aboard a plane used by a Navy contractor that crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California on Wednesday morning have been identified, the aviation service who owned the plane said in a statement Friday.
"The entire Phoenix Air Family grieves over this loss of our friends and fellow employees," the agency said in a statement. The company also said on Wednesday morning, two Phoenix Air owned and operated Learjet aircrafts were taking part in a U.S. Navy training exercise. A Coast Guard spokesperson confirmed to CBS News that the plane had taken off from Point Mugu, which is part of Naval Base Ventura County, about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
The Learjet crash was first reported a little before 8 a.m. PT, about a mile southwest of San Clemente Island, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. San Clemente Island, which The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed in a tweet Wednesday night that it was investigating the crash of the Gates Learjet 36A. The names of the three missing people or details on their relationship to the Navy were not immediately released. The investigation remains ongoing.
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