The
U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a report of a missing aircraft in
Lake Ponchartrain, Wednesday.
The
Coast Guard received a call from the New Orleans International
Airport air traffic control tower at approximately 8:30 p.m.,
reporting a missing Cessna 172 with two people aboard.
The
aircraft was last seen on radar one mile northeast of the Lakefront
Airport. The flight was reported to be a student instructor flight.
The
Coast Guard responded by issuing an Urgent Marine Information
Broadcast and deploying a 45-foot Response Boat - Medium crew from
Coast Guard Station New Orleans and a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew
from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.
The
Coast Guard is working together with Louisiana Wildlife and
Fisheries, the Houston Air Traffic Control Center and Jefferson
Parish Sheriff's Office to search for the two missing persons.
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