Classic Daycruiser
06-13-2007, 03:08 PM
I think the extreme fighter from early spring is the only person left unrecovered.
Effort under way to recover plane from Lake Pleasant
Brent Whiting
The Arizona republic
Jun. 13, 2007 01:37 PM
Efforts were launched Wednesday at Lake Pleasant to recover an airplane that crashed into 120 feet of water May 11, killing two people.
Divers were working from a pontoon boat and other vessels, said Deputy Doug Matteson, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
"We have divers going down," Matteson said. "The recovery efforts are ongoing."
However, he was unable to say when the airplane may be pulled from the bottom of the lake. On Tuesday, searchers used a special underwater camera to find the wreckage.
Later, divers spotted the bodies of the pilot, Clayton Lynn Whitney Jr., 45, and Tim Marshall, 31, both of Phoenix, in the fuselage, Matteson said.
The wreckage was found a day after the tail section was discovered at the bottom of the lake using a remote underwater camera borrowed from the Central Arizona Project.
Investigators believe Whitney was at the controls of a single-engine Diamond Star DA-40 when he made two or three passes over the lake before plunging into the water.
Effort under way to recover plane from Lake Pleasant
Brent Whiting
The Arizona republic
Jun. 13, 2007 01:37 PM
Efforts were launched Wednesday at Lake Pleasant to recover an airplane that crashed into 120 feet of water May 11, killing two people.
Divers were working from a pontoon boat and other vessels, said Deputy Doug Matteson, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
"We have divers going down," Matteson said. "The recovery efforts are ongoing."
However, he was unable to say when the airplane may be pulled from the bottom of the lake. On Tuesday, searchers used a special underwater camera to find the wreckage.
Later, divers spotted the bodies of the pilot, Clayton Lynn Whitney Jr., 45, and Tim Marshall, 31, both of Phoenix, in the fuselage, Matteson said.
The wreckage was found a day after the tail section was discovered at the bottom of the lake using a remote underwater camera borrowed from the Central Arizona Project.
Investigators believe Whitney was at the controls of a single-engine Diamond Star DA-40 when he made two or three passes over the lake before plunging into the water.