A small plane that was forced to make an emergency landing three months ago has been found at the bottom of Lake Mead, according to a newspaper. The two pilots on board managed to escape through the window as the plane was sinking and swim ashore.
near Nevada's Boulder City, according to a newspaper. The two pilots on board managed to escape through the window as the plane was sinking and swim ashore.that a local environmental consulting firm located the sunken aircraft last month using a remotely operated vehicle and sonar technology.
Engine failure forced pilots Chad Rodgers and Charles Wood to ditch a small plane into Lake Mead in October, and they survived virtually unscathed.in October. Rodgers jumped on the radio, and once they learned they were over Lake Mead, he and co-pilot Charles Wood worked together to figure out where to land.
After the lake ditching, the two men escaped the aircraft through a window and swam to shore uninjured.
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