Updated at 5:05 a.m. ET: MOBILE, Alabama -- One crew-member died and three were missing after a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed off Alabama's coast on Tuesday.
The Coast Guard said in a statement early Wednesday that one crew-member was found unresponsive and was later declared dead.
Petty Officer Second Class Elizabeth Bordelon said the MH-65 Dolphin crashed just after 8:30 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. ET) in Mobile Bay near Point Clear, Alabama.
By msnbc.com staff and news services
The flight originated from the Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Bordelon said.
A response cutter from Dauphin Island and two additional MH-65s from New Orleans were dispatched to assist in the search, she said.
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