337 accident near Orlando, FL

[Ed Coffman]

FERNANDINA BEACH
Searchers Find Plane in Atlantic

Searchers using sonar have located the plane that crashed Sunday in the Atlantic, killing a pilot and three whale researchers. Two bodies were found inside the plane.

Divers from the Nassau County Sheriff's Office recovered the two bodies Wednesday and hoped to find the remaining body when they attempt to raise the plane from the ocean floor today.

On board the 1969 Cessna 337-02A were pilot Tom Hinds, 40, of Fernandina Beach; Emily Argo, 25, of North Bend, Ohio; Michael Newcomer, 49, of Los Altos, Calif.; and Jacqueline Ciano, 47, of Massachusetts.

The four had been flying about eight miles off the coast looking for whales about 3:15 p.m. Sunday when they radioed to shore that they had spotted whales. They also had contact with two other aircraft, then said they were beginning a descent to 500 feet. That was the last anyone heard from them.
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