BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. — A Lowell man and woman aboard a plane crashed into Lake Michigan Friday near Beaver Island, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Department said a helicopter with the USCG Air Station Traverse City was in the area training when they learned of an overdue plane call.
Searchers spotted the aircraft upside down with one person in the water.
Aircrews were able to rescue and hoist 70-year-old Randy F. Seaman from the water near the wreckage.
The Coast Guard helicopter rushed him to the Charlevoix Airport where he was then taken to McLaren Hospital in Petoskey for treatment. His injuries are unknown at this time, the sheriff's office said.
The Coast Guard said divers from the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Department recovered the second person aboard the submerged aircraft.
She was identified as 65-year-old Beverly Jean Anderson, also from Lowell.
The circumstances surrounding the plane crash weren't immediately clear.
An online Federal Aviation Administration database lists Randy F. Seaman as an active private pilot who first got his certificate in 2010.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are now investigating the crash.
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