At least one dead, one missing in North Texas plane crash

HOUSTON (BNO NEWS) — A small plane carrying three people crashed in a north Texas lake on Thursday, killing at least one person, federal officials said.

The single-engine float plane crashed at 4.05 p.m. local time and is upside down in Lewisville Lake, on the eastern side near Stewart Peninsula Golf Course. The first 911 call came in at 4.06 p.m.

“Rescue crews have already airlifted one person, one [is] missing and another is still in the airplane,” said Lynn Lunsford, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He said the person in the airplane is deceased.

Tom Reedy, a spokesman for the Denton County Sheriff’s Office, said two men witnessed the crash and took a boat to help and try rescue victims.

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