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The Phoenix Air Learjet with three people aboard that went missing Wednesday near San Clemente Island was on a U.S. Navy training exercise, according to their employer.
The Navy, Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection were involved in search efforts.
Search efforts were underway Wednesday "after an aircraft debris field was located 1 mile (southwest) of San Clemente Island," the Coast Guard said.
Authorities from the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Navy have joined forces to search for the three male civilian passengers.
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search of the ocean near San Clemente Island for a downed plane with three people aboard, authorities announced Thursday.