NEW ORLEANS –The Coast Guard and local agencies have rescued one person and are searching for two more people in the water after a plane crashed in Lake Pontchartrain near Lake Front Airport, Saturday.
One person was rescued by a good samaritan and then transferred to a 45-foot Response Boat- Medium from Coast Guard Station New Orleans and delivered to emergency medical services in unknown condition for further medical care.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report from a good Samaritan at 8:20 p.m. of a Cessna training flight crashing into the water.
Involved in the search are:
-Coast Guard Station New Orleans 45-foot Response Boat- Medium crew
-Coast Guard Station New Orleans 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew
-Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Air Station New Orleans
-New Orleans Fire Department
-New Orleans Police Department
Anyone with information is requested to contact Sector New Orleans (504) 365-2200.