Search continues for plane carrying 6 that vanished over Lake Erie

Rescueofficials say the search for a plane carrying six people that disappeared last week over Lake Erie has resumed.

Tuesday marks the third straight day that conditions have allowed recovery teams to search the lake for a Columbus-bound Cessna 525 Citation that vanished from radar shortly after takeoff Thursday night from Burke Lakefront Airport.

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Cleveland is heading the recovery effort with help from other agencies. The city said Monday that many of the 120 pieces of debris found so far are consistent with the type of aircraft that vanished.

Only a bag found near a private harbour east of Cleveland has been confirmed as coming from the plane.

A business executive was piloting the plane carrying his wife, two teenage sons and two neighbours.

Father, daughter 'remarkable' individuals

Megan Casey, 19, of Powell, Ohio, and her father, Brian, were returning from the NBA game in a plane piloted by their neighbour late Thursday, authorities said.

Megan, aUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison student,was in a sorority and was pursuing a career in nursing, the university said in astatementfrom the Casey family, which called the father and daughter "loving, caring, remarkable individuals."

"Our family greatly appreciates the dedicated efforts of the rescue and recovery teams, and we are especially thankful for the outpouring of support thoughts and prayers from family, friends and the community," the statement reads.

John T. Fleming, chief executive of a Columbus-based beverage distribution company, was piloting the aircraft. His wife, Sue, and their two teenage sons, Jack and Andrew, were also aboard.

The aircraft was headed to Ohio State University Airport, northwest of downtown Columbus.

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U.S. Coast Guard gives update on search for missing plane and six passengers.

The U.S. Coast Guard and crews from Cleveland city agencies, the cities of Akron and Toledo, Ohio's Department of Natural Resources, New York State Police and Underwater Marine Contractors are involved in the search.

The Coast Guard began searching the air Thursday eveningafter being notified ofthe plane's disappearance.

High waves and blustery conditions prevented smaller Coast Guard boats stationed in the Cleveland area from deploying Thursday night, but a Coast Guard cutter joined a search that covered 331 square kilometres of the lake on Friday.