Coast Guard and local agencies respond to plane crash in Lake Pontchartrain
Aug 28th, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and local agencies are continuing to search for two people in the water after a plane crashed in Lake Pontchartrain near Lake Front Airport, Satuday. One person was rescued by a good Samaritan and then transferred to a 45-foot Response Boat- Medium from Coast Guard Station New Orleans and delivered to emergency medical services for further medical care.
A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and a 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station New Orleans have been doing search patterns in the area since the initial report of the crash.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries assisted with side-scan sonar and was able to locate what appears to be wings.
The state has rescue divers scheduled to arrive on scene and search the debris.
The Coast Guard and local agencies have rescued one person and are searching for two more people in the water after a plane crashed in Lake Pontchartrain near Lake Front Airport, Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report from a good Samaritan at 8:20 p.m. of a Cessna training flight crashing into the water.
Involved in the search are:
Coast Guard Station New Orleans 45-foot Response Boat- Medium crew
Coast Guard Station New Orleans 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew
Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Air Station New Orleans
New Orleans Fire Department
New Orleans Police Department
Anyone with information is requested to contact Sector New Orleans (504) 365-2200.
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2 missing, 1 injured, plane wreckage found after crash in in Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, LA
Published August 28, 2016
Associated Press
One person was rescued after the plane crash. (Fox 8)
NEW ORLEANS, LA – The wreckage of a small plane that crashed Saturday night was discovered in a mud-bottomed New Orleans lake 24 miles wide and 40 miles long, authorities said Sunday morning.
Two men remained missing but a woman was rescued after the crash.
The Cessna aircraft was heading to Lakefront Airport, on Lake Pontchartrain at New Orleans' northern edge, about 10 miles from downtown.
Police Department spokeswoman Dawne Massey said the wreckage was found Sunday morning. She said in an earlier statement that officers responded shortly before 9 p.m. to a report of the crash. Massey said a private yacht picked up the woman, who was taken to Ochsner Hospital. Her medical condition was not immediately known.
Date:
27-AUG-2016
Time: 08:53 p.m.
Type: Cessna
Owner/operator: Private
Registration:
C/n / msn:
Fatalities: Fatalities: / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Lake Ponchatrain -
United States of America Phase: Unknown
Nature: Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The plane crashed into the lake, near New Orleans Lakefront Airport.
One female occupant was rescued, two others are still missing.
Sources:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/28/one-person-rescued-2-missing-after-new-orleans-plane-crash.html