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Utah police search for a plane that was reported missing Friday near the Great Salt Lake

Related Topics: Great Salt Lake, Friday

Search crews were combing the northern end of the Great Salt Lake on Sunday after a small plane and its crew were reported missing Friday night.

The Department of Public Safety was looking for the small airplane — a red and white Cessna 172, tail number N4395R — late Sunday morning, according to Box Elder County dispatch.

Pilot Denny Mansell, 71, and passenger Peter Ellis, 74, took off in the plane from Ogden Hinckley Airport about 3:30 p.m. Friday and were heading to the see trains at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, according to the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office.