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LOUISIANA ( WDSU ) -- New information has been revealed about two pilots who were in a plane that crashed into Lake Pontchartrain near the Lakefront Airport Monday night.

According to the Coast Guard, around 6:36 p.m., they were notified about a possible downed Cessna aircraft that lost contact with the Lakefront Airport approximately 4 miles over Lake Pontchartrain.

Michael Carasto, the owner of Apollo Flight School in Gulfport, Mississippi, said his company's Cessna aircraft was part of an instructional flight over the lake.

According to Carasto, the two pilots were in their mid-20s and were both working towards commercial licenses.

The instructor, a woman, had 1,300 flying hours and was described as a "highly qualified" instructor. She was 300

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