>From the Cape newspaper Smoke reported
The search for the plane and its occupants began shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday when air traffic controllers lost contact with the crew of the four-seat plane and it disappeared from their radar screens during a flight from Martha's Vineyard to Barnstable Municipal Airport. The airplane's pilot — it's not clear who was at the controls — was in contact with air traffic controllers shortly before it disappeared to report smoke in the cabin. Later, he reported the smoke had cleared. The pilot then said he would continue the training flight. That was the last communication with air traffic controllers. At first the search focused on the Mid-Cape area but soon moved to Brewster and the bay. After four hours of searching by the Coast Guard, state police, local police, fire and natural resources officials, the bodies of Hues and Walker were located near Saint's Landing in Brewster. The search was well coordinated, but after no sign of the men in the early going, it became more obvious that it would end badly, Clen said. "It's so sad," he said. On Monday, small knots of people stood on the beach looking out to where the Dennis harbormaster boat motored just beyond the flats that were exposed at low tide. A bystander, who said she lived a mile away, reported having heard a plane that sounded lower than normal between 10 and 11 Sunday morning. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en.
