Nine die after plane crashes in Utah
A plane returning from a skydiving trip has crashed into the Great Salt Lake, in Utah, killing all nine people on board.
The plane was on a flight from Mesquite, Nevada, when it went down in about five feet of water. It was headed for Tooele County Airport, about five miles south of the lake.
Airport officials didn't know it was missing until a relative of a passenger called hours later.
Airport officials were not expecting the plane because the pilot had not registered a flight plan, so radar tape recordings had to be checked to determine the time of the crash.
The tapes indicated the plane was banking and that it may have spiralled into the lake. There had been no distress signal.
The passengers, members of a group called Skydive Salt Lake, had spent the weekend jumping during the day and camping in sleeping bags at the Mesquite Municipal Airport at night. They took off for Tooele about two hours before the crash.
