Female Pilot, 30, and Her Flight Student Presumed Dead After Plane Crashes into Lake: ‘Unbelievable Tragedy’

“We’re devastated,” said the owner of the flight school that owned the plane

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  • A flight instructor, 30, and her student are presumed dead after their single-engine plane went down in Louisiana
  • The crash occurred over Lake Pontchartrain on Monday, Nov. 24
  • Wreckage from the crash has since been located by search teams

A flight instructor and her student are presumed dead after their plane went down over a lake in Louisiana.

Taylor Dickey, 30, and an unnamed adult student took off from Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport on Monday, Nov. 24, per WWL 4, WBRZ 2 and the Daily Mail.

The single-engine aircraft disappeared about an hour later while flying over Lake Pontchartrain, according to the Coast Guard, per WWL 4 and the Daily Mail.

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