Debris Examined as Search Continues for Missing CJ4

by Virginia Carter
in World Media
— Jan 8, 2017

Poor weather conditions stalled Thursday's search for the plane that went missing over Lake Erie last week.

Searchers say the so-called pings that were heard help them narrow down the search site to a 125 by 325 foot area.

A Columbus businessman was piloting the plane that vanished shortly after taking off December 29 from Cleveland's lakeshore airport. Officials said the remains are being analyzed by a Medical Examiner to determine if they are in fact human.

Earlier on Friday afternoon, crews located and recovered the plane's cockpit voice recorder, a portion of the tail section and other debris.

John T. Fleming his wife Suzanne Fleming 46 their two sons John Robert 15 and Andrew Thomas 14 are

Fleming, 46, his wife Suzanne, 46, their two sons, Jack, 15, and Andrew, 14, and neighbors Brian Casey, 50, and Megan Casey, 19, had gone to a Cleveland Cavaliers game. But officials say the divers have only a few inches of visibility, so they'll move slowly as they feel around the lake bottom. The water is 35 to 45 feet deep in the search area.

That plane was carrying six people when it disappeared near Cleveland over a week ago. The group was returning home when their twin-engine plane apparently crashed into the lake shortly after takeoff, according to a news release issued by the university. The city said Monday that numerous 120 pieces of debris found so far are consistent with the type of aircraft that vanished.

The Vindicator reports memorial services are planned Monday near Youngstown and Tuesday in central Ohio.

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