TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS : Wreckage of Small Plane With 2 Aboard Is Sighted
The wreckage of a plane matching the description of an aircraft that vanished Thursday night carrying a veteran pilot and an Antelope Valley College instructor was sighted in the Tehachapi Mountains late Friday. Two people appeared to be dead in the wreck, authorities reported.
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department helicopter crew sighted the remnants of the plane about 24 miles northwest of Lancaster. Deputies said the aircraft matched the description of the one that carried pilot Desmond E. McCarthy and his student, college instructor Art Aurand.
The helicopter crew could not land because of the terrain and approaching darkness, Kern County Sgt. Robert Gomez said. A search crew was to be sent in today on foot or by helicopter. Deputies could not confirm the identity of the bodies.
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