BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — A search is underway in Box Elder County in northwestern Utah for a missing light plane carrying two men.
The county Sheriff’s Office says the search for the missing red and white Cessna 172 began Friday night after 71-year-old Denny Mansell and 74-year-old Peter Ellis were reporting missing.
The Sheriff’s Office identified Mansell as the pilot and says he and Ellis were on a Friday afternoon flight from the Ogden-Hinckley Airport to the Promontory area to view trains at the Golden Spike Historical Site.
The search includes personnel on the ground and in aircraft.
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Participating agencies include the Sheriff’s Office, the county search and rescue, the Utah Department of Public Safety and the Civil Air Patrol.