Update: Human Remains Found During Search For Missing Plane

Written by FEROZE DHANOA (Patch National Staff) and ALFRED BRANCH (Patch Staff)

UPDATE: Human remains have been recovered by searchers as well as debris from a small plane that went missing on approach to Danbury airport, the Journal News reports. News 12 reports that the remains are being taken to the Westchester Medical Examiner’s office.

The search is expected to resume Saturday. 

UPDATE: Val Horsa, the pilot, and his wife, Taew Horsa, have been identified by their son as the two people aboard the missing plane bound for Danbury Airport, reports The Journal News.

Eric Horsa, of Ridgefield says his mother and father were returning from a trip to Mississippi when the plane disappeared. Divers have found a seat and wheels from the plane, which is believed to have plunged into Titicus Reservoir Thursday afternoon.

Following the discovery of the debris, the investigation has been turned over to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.

The couple own Danbury’s Bangkok Thai Restaurant, according to Horsa, who also told The Journal News that his father has been a pilot since 1985.

Authorities are continuing the search for the plane and the couple.

Original Story:

New York state police and other law enforcement and emergency personnel are continuing to search Titicus Reservoir in North Salem Friday for a plane that is believed to have gone missing on approach to Danbury Airport late Thursday afternoon.

The airport is about 20 minutes away from the reservoir, where debris from the plane has been discovered. Divers from the New York state police and the state Department of Environmental Protection are in the midst of searching the reservoir.

“Danbury Airport reported that a 1971 Beech lost contact with the airport at approximately 4:30 p.m. as it approached their runway,” said New York state police in a statement. “The aircraft reportedly lost radar contact with the airport, placing the Beech just south of the Titicus Reservoir.”

Check back for updates on this developing story.

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story said the plane was a Cessna while it is a Beechcraft Bonanza. The information has since been corrected.