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Plane Crash Victims Identified
July 24, 2014
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victims in a Wednesday plane crash as 67-year old Dean Legidakes and 15-year old Marli Shea McManus. Their small plane took off Wednesday morning from an Escambia County airport and was found mid-afternoon in a swampy area near Lillian, AL.
The small plane departed the Ferguson Airport off Highway 98 about 10 a.m., according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. The plane’s emergency transponder and the pilot’s cell phone were pinpointed in Baldwin County.
According to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, the wreckage from the plane was spotted by a helicopter in a swampy area.
The two were aboard a Great Lakes 2T1 bi-plane. The exact cause of the crash will be determined by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Prayers for all the families and friends. This is heart breaking.