marines, after a midair refueling accident off the coast of japan. here's abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz with what she's learned tonight. >> reporter: tonight, with five marines still missing, and the search hampered by strong winds and low visibility, time is running out. the f-18 fighter, like this one, was attempting to refuel in the middle of the night, with the massive kc-130 tanker, essentially a flying gas station, when the two aircraft collided midair. the refueler has retractable hoses with baskets on the ends. the fighter jet must plug its own nozzle into the moving basket. the aircraft coming within about 20 feet of each other, using night vision goggles. >> although the f-18 has radar, it's night. you have no visual horizon. it's a dark sea underneath you. and visual illusions are easy to mistake, especially when you're trying to rendezvous close on another airplane. >> reporter: the two marines who
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