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    ELT leads La. Wing aircrew to fatal crash site in E. Texas

    July 9, 2012

    TEXAS – A Louisiana Wing aircrew tracked an electronic locator transmitter signal to an air crash site in a dense pine forest early Saturday in Harrison County, where Department of Public Safety troopers made their way to the wreckage and found the sole passenger dead, according to KETK-TV, the NBC affiliate in Jacksonville.The plane was en route from DeKalb, Ill., to Brownsville when it crashed, probably after being caught in a violent thunderstorm that struck northeastern Harrison County about 4:30 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

     
     

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