Naval plane crash on lake p

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NEW ORLEANS – The search continued Sunday for a pilot missing since a small Navy plane crash-landed inLake Pontchartrain Saturday night near the lakefront airport.

Two pilots were on board. The second one was rescued from the water and was taken to West Jefferson Hospital. The condition of the pilot had not been released as of 10 a.m.

Air traffic controllers at Lake Front Airport notified the Coast Guard at about 6'40 p.m. to say the plane was no longer visible on radar.

Coast Guard crews on two small boats and an MH-65C rescue helicopter were sent to the scene.

The Coast Guard is searching a 1-square-mile area a couple of miles north of Lakefront Airport. The agency says initial reports indicated both pilots were clinging to the aircraft before it sank.

The Coast Guard did not identify the pilot.