The New Orleans Police Department, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office LASER Division, and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office remain engaged in the ongoing recovery of the downed plane in Lake Pontchartrain.

According to police, recovery operations have paused due to severe water and weather conditions that have made it unsafe for professional dive teams to operate. Advertisement

When conditions allow, agencies will resume recovery efforts.

This phase is now a recovery mission, not a search.

Wreckage from the missing Cessna Aircraft that went down over Lake Pontchartrain on Monday night has been located with sonar sweeps, professional imaging, and dive operations.

According to the Coast Guard, on Monday, around 6:36 p.m., they were notified about a possible downed Cessna aircraft

See Full Page