MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. — Deputies responded to a report of a downed aircraft in the Tennessee River near the Whitesburg Bridge in Lacey’s Spring on Wednesday, according to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities initially received reports that a plane may have crashed into the river, prompting a response to the area.
Officials later clarified that the aircraft involved was a float plane that had performed a “touch and go” maneuver on the water. A “touch and go” is a practice where an aircraft briefly lands and then takes off again without coming to a full stop…