CORRECTION: USCG Training Center Searching for Pilot after Plane Lands on Secured Beach

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/24/2018 11:48 PM EDT

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Coast Guard Training Center Searching for Pilot after Plane Lands on Secured Beach

Coast Guard Training Center Searching for Pilot after Plane Lands on Secured Beach

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CAPE MAY, N.J. - Personnel from Training Center Cape May are searching for the pilot of a plane that illegally landed on a secured Coast Guard beach, Sunday.

Multiple agencies are responding to the aircraft landing, including the Coast Guard Fire Department, Cape May County Police Department, the Cape May County Sheriff's K-9 Unit, the Coast Guard Police Department and Coast Guard Investigative Services.

Coast Guard watchstanders became aware of the incident at 7:52 p.m., after the plane was seen landing on the beach by closed circuit cameras.  The Cape May County Police Department and Coast Guard Police Department responded at approximately 8:10 p.m.

All units are currently still searching for the missing pilot.

The Coast Guard Training Center is currently in a heightened security posture until the incident is resolved.