Hilliard’s family says it was his first time in a plane because he was afraid of flying.
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In addition to rescue boats and a helicopter the divers from the police department are also using sonar technology to help in the search for the missing men.
Morris held little hope that the two men survived. New Orleans Fire Depa.
Fire department officials say drivers will be sent down to the plane Tuesday to attach cables and cranes will lift the wreckage out of the water.
Television video shows much of the plane intact.
The small Cessna crashed near the Lakefront Airport runway about 8:20 p.m. Saturday. The woman was taken to Ochsner Hospital soon afterward.
August 29-Recovery crews searching for the wreckage of a small Cessna airplane that crashed into Lake Pontchartrain near Lakefront Airport in New Orleans on Saturday night (Aug. 27) found the plane’s remains on Sunday afternoon, as rescue boats and a United States Coast Guard helicopter continued searching for two men still missing from the plane. None of those aboard were immediately identified.
Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish tidal basin covering about 630 square miles but averaging only 10 to 15 feet deep. Recovery workers used a crane to lift the plane onto the barge Tuesday morning.
The name of the pilot, who is from Thibodaux, has not been released.
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The investigation into the crash is being led by the National Transportation Safety Board, with the assistance of the Federal Aviation Administration. NTSB spokesman Terry Williams said the plane was being moved to a secure location where investigators can begin examining the aircraft.
