Missing Plane Found In Southwest Colorado; 2 Dead
PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a missing single-engine plane with two people aboard has been found in southwest Colorado with no survivors.
Archuleta County Sheriff Rich Valdez tells the Pagosa Springs Sun the aircraft was found in the southern part of the county near the New Mexico border at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Killed were 55-year-old Howard Guthrie and 42-year-old Melissa Watson, both of Albuquerque.
The plane left Moriarity, New Mexico, on Friday bound for Pagosa Springs, but had to turn around before landing because of bad weather.
Authorities didn't say who was piloting the Mooney M-20C. Federal Aviation Administration records list Guthrie as the owner.
Three aircraft and three ground teams searched the area Tuesday, while a state police plane searched in New Mexico. A search crew on the ground found the plane.
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