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Show Missing Plane Spotted in S.E. Utah An Arizona Civil Air Patrol observer who walked away from the crash of a search plane near Blanding was flown to Colorado Springs early Tuesday, and the body of the pilot was recovered re-covered by San Juan County sheriff's officers. offic-ers. The single - engine plane, which was searching for another missing plane clipped five yellow pines 65 feet above the ground in the crackup Sunday at 12:15 p.m., 10 miles north of Blanding at the head of Bulldog Canyon. Killed in the accident was Air Force SSgt. David Andrew Parks, 38 of Los Angeles. SSgt. James L. Potter, 23, of New York walked into in-to the Blanding area about ab-out 8:45 p.m. Both men had been on active duty with the Air Force in Arizona. The sheriff and deputies dep-uties located the crash site at 2 a.m. They reported re-ported the plane was heavily damaged but did not burn. Cause of the accident was under investigation in-vestigation by National Transportation Safety Board officials from Denver. Meanwhile, CAP officials of-ficials said search has been suspended for the missing plane which was on a flight June 4 from Colorado Spring, Colo, to Page, Ariz, after a refueling stop at Montrose, Mon-trose, Colo. J.J. Williams, 47, and his son, Joe, 25, both of Colorado Springs, were aboard the first missing plane. The family fam-ily has offered a $1,000 reward for anyone locating loc-ating the aircraft. |