Sunday, January 24, 2010

Search to continue for missing pilot

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The search will continue Monday for a missing pilot whose Navy trainer crashed into Lake Pontchartrain, just outside New Orleans, Saturday around 7 p.m. The T-34C Turbomentor training plane from Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Fla., had two pilots on board. One pilot was rescued Saturday, reportedly with minor injuries. The plane was conducting a routine training mission. (Sources: CNN, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Pensacola News Journal, 01/24/10)