ORANGE CO . — A massive overnight search and rescue operation successfully located a single-engine plane that crashed in a heavily wooded area, finding the pilot alive with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Indiana State Police (ISP) received a call around 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 5, from the Louisville Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding a possible downed aircraft near the Orange County and Lawrence County line.

The crashed aircraft was identified as a Lancair fixed-wing, single-engine plane. Troopers from the Jasper and Bloomington Districts, along with a coordinated response from multiple local first responders, launched an immediate search into the night across the densely forested and hilly terrain.

At approximately 4:00 a.m. Sunday morning, the

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