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Washington, heading to the mouth
of the Columbia River.
The Coast Guard said the last
cellphone use from the pilot’s phone
was at 3:42 p.m. in the vicinity of the
crash site.
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looks like we might have had an
unfortunate circumstance,” Clatsop
County Sheriff Tom Bergin said.
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ation Administration spokesman,
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The search
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plunged into the river at roughly 4
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Coast Guard scanned the area shortly
afterward. Though rescue teams did
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of oil dots yesterday coming up from
the surface,” Bergin said Thursday.
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a boat, but to no avail. Strong river
current has precluded divers from
searching the water.
The Coast Guard said crews
searched for more than 12 hours Authorities search the Columbia River after reports of a small plane crash Wednesday.
over the course of Wednesday and
Thursday, conducting 10 searches
and covering 387 trackline miles.
But the agency focuses on rescue;
this case is now a recovery.
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‘Heartfelt compassion’
“With heartfelt compassion for
the friends and families of the two
people on board, our thoughts and
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Safety Board is investigating the
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to work through the coming days to
locate the aircraft, Bergin said.
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thing we can to get these fami-
lies some closure,” he said. “We’re
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