Plane on Tour When It Crashed in Louisiana

The New Orleans Fire Department says two bodies have been found in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into Lake Pontchartrain just north of the New Orleans Lakefront Airport.

A small plane is lifted by a crane from the water of Lake Pontchartrain near Lakefront Airport, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 in New Orleans. Rescuers searched for the two men who had been aboard the plane. She was released from the hospital Saturday night. New Orleans Fire Department spokesman Gregory Davis said the.

Hillard Sr. was told of the official identification minutes after the plane was pulled from the water three days after the crash.

Television video shows much of the plane intact.

The Cessna aircraft was heading to Lakefront Airport, about 10 miles from downtown.

Divers found the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into the huge, mud-bottomed lake that forms New Orleans’ northern shore, but two men remained missing Sunday, the New Orleans Fire Department said. There was no immediate information on whether the men’s bodies were inside the aircraft.

Authorities said the plane went down in stormy weather as it approached the runway Saturday night at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport.

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“Every day we’re happy to get up, and thankful for every day, and that’s the only way you can look at it”, Weiss said.

“The coroner will try to determine the causes of death and anything that might be associated with it, ” said Morris.