Seven people are presumed dead after a small plane crashed into a Tennessee lake on Saturday morning, authorities said.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, seven people were on board the Cessna when it crashed into a lake near Symrna, Tennessee.One person is confirmed dead, while six others presumably perished, after a small jet carrying seven people crashed into a Tennessee lake Saturday morning, authorities said.
The plane was heading from Smyrna Airport in Rutherford County, near Nashville, to Palm Beach International Airport inCapt. Joshua Sanders with Rutherford County Fire Rescue said in a late Saturday press conference that they were"no longer ... looking for live victims." "Our efforts have transitioned from a rescue effort to that of a recovery effort at this time," Sanders said."Those efforts will be continuing through the night."
Authorities identified the seven victims late Saturday as William J. Lara, Gwen S. Lara, Jennifer J. Martin, David L. Martin, Jessica Walters, Jonathan Walters and Brandon Hannah and said all of them were from Brentwood, Tennessee. The Remnant Fellowship Church in Brentwood that some members of its church were involved in the plane crash. The names identified by authorities are all members of the church's leadership team, including former actor William Joe Lara and his wife, diet author Gwen Shamblin Lara.
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