2 missing, plane found after crash in New Orleans lake
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One person was rescued after the crash. (Fox 8)
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.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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 crashthe
Massey said a private yacht picked up the woman, who was taken to Ochsner Hospital. Her medical condition was not immediately known.
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