The incident happened about 3 p.m. local time on Friday, when a fisherman watched a downed aircraft plummet into the water, CNN reported.
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The Coast Guard and Federal Aviation Administration have confirmed there was a mid-air collision near the Port of Los Angeles, resulting in that ocean search, according to county fire.
Two men, aged 61 and 81, are believed to have been flying the Beechcraft and have not been found, she added.
The other plane – a Super Decathlon – was being flown by a 72-year-old woman.
Two small plane have collided and crashed into the ocean in Los Angeles. Officials from the Coast Guard and the FAA said the two planes went down at about 3:30 p.m. Friday near the Angeles Gate Lighthouse.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department and Long Beach Fire Department responded to the scene in addition to the Coast Guard.
After reports of the crash, divers converged on an area about two miles outside a harbor entrance where a small debris field was found. The water there was 80 to 90 feet deep. Investigators had no immediate word on what might have caused the accident or the number of people aboard the two planes.
The off the coast of San Pedro is reportedly popular with flight students who practice in a 10 to 20 square-mile area at various altiudes.
Friday’s midair collision was not the first in the area.
In 1986, two small planes flown by students collided. Three to four planes are in the air on any given day. All three missing people were from the South Bay area, a Coast Guard official said.
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“Thus using the quantity of process, really, I do believe we have been lucky”, he said.
