2 bodies found after a helicopter crash in Chesapeake Bay

Relief workers have found the bodies of two men missing after a helicopter crashed Saturday off the coast of Maryland, Maryland's natural resources police said.

The bodies were found in the wreck of Chesapeake Bay on Saturday night. The weather was very foggy and rainy in the area, although an investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.

"The wreckage was found around 6 pm in 55 feet of water," said Maryland's natural resources police captain, Brian Albert, in a statement just before midnight.

Monumental Helicopters, a helicopter touring agency located in Anne Arundel, Maryland, told WJLA affiliate Washington that it belonged to the helicopter that crashed .

The coastguard had announced earlier in the day that they were looking for Charles Knight, 38, of Mount Airy, and Matt Clark, 36, of Pasadena.

Members of the coast guard forces of Maryland were informed that a two-seater helicopter with two men aboard had crashed about one kilometer south of the island of Maryland. Kent, Saturday afternoon.

The Coast Guard and the Federal Aviation Administration, along with national and local partners, participated in the research with a dive team and boats.

Weather conditions were too bad for the authorities to launch a search and rescue helicopter, police said in the state of Maryland.

The cause of the accident is not clear at the moment.