Vic: Search for bodies continues

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2004
Vic: Search for bodies continues

MELBOURNE, Feb 10 AAP - The search for three people missing since a light plane crashed
into a Victorian Lake on Saturday will continue today.

Paul and Theresa Faccin and their 10-year-old daughter Bree, all from Ferntree Gully
in Melbourne's east, were on a sightseeing tour when the single-engine Piper Cherokee
they were travelling in crashed into Lake Eildon north-west of Melbourne about 11am (AEDT)
on Saturday.

The body of Theresa, 42, has been recovered, but Paul, 43, Bree and pilot Jason Lind,
35, of Forest Hill, who was a family friend, remain missing.

Police divers, who faced difficult conditions including cold and deep water, today
recovered a piece of wreckage after using sonar equipment to narrow down the search.

Witnesses to the crash said the plane was flying low and clipped powerlines before
plunging into the south side of the lake near Jerusalem Creek.

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KEYWORD: PLANE DAYLEAD

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