Global General

Special

Newsmaker

Asia Pacific

America

Middle East

Europe

Africa

Coast Guard ends search after helicopter crash

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-12-14 14:39

SABINE PASS, Texas -- The Coast Guard has called off its search for two remaining crew members from a helicopter crash that killed three others.

Related readings: 7 troops killed in Iraq copter crash 19 killed in Ukrainian helicopter crash into Black Sea 10 killed in Peru helicopter crash Helicopter crash kills 7 in S. Korea

The search was ended Saturday, two days after the helicopter crashed in the Gulf of Mexico.

Rescue crews found three bodies in the water and debris in the water two miles off the coast of Sabine Pass, some 90 miles (144.83 kilometers) east of Houston. The helicopter had been headed to an unmanned oil platform about 18 miles (28 kilometers) offshore.

The Coast Guard said it searched about 1,000 square miles (2,590 sq. kilometers).