Plane wreckage in process of being cleared
Grant Parish sheriff’s officials said wreckage from two separate fatal plane crashes were expected to be cleared Tuesday.
There was no new information in the investigations of what happened in the crashes, sheriff’s Chief Deputy Preston Mosley said.
On Sunday, a Piper airplane went down about 4 p.m. off of Fairfield Road near Dry Prong. There were five people on the plane, including the pilot, Jon Norman of Alexandria. Chad DeRamus was killed in the crash.
The plane was coming back from Branson, Mo., when Norman reported the “engine locked.” He landed in a pasture but was unable to stop the plane before it hit some trees. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration is probing a second crash west of Georgetown that claimed the life of Dr. Sleiman Salibi of Lake Charles. The vintage T-28 single-engine trainer was trying to make it to Alexandria International Airport after the pilot reported being low on fuel, authorities said.
The wreckage was found Sunday evening by civil air patrol and Louisiana National Guard helicopters. Fort Polk also assisted in the search.
I watched this search, plans flew back and forth in grids for 2 days over me and the crash but could not find it. Finaly the state police found it with a helicopter.
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