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This Article is From Apr 30, 2014

Divers find fuselage in San Francisco Bay

Divers find fuselage in San Francisco Bay
In this photo provided by the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff on Monday, April 28, 2014, a buoy marks the spot in San Pablo Bay where the wreckage of a light plane was located near Richmond, Calif.
Richmond: Diving crews with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office have located the fuselage of a plane that crashed into San Francisco Bay over the weekend after a midair collision.

Sheriff's Office spokesman Jimmy Lee said that that the San Francisco Police Department found the fuselage of the Cessna 210 at about 4 p.m. Tuesday using an underwater camera and that diving crews followed up at about 5:30 p.m. to confirm the find.

National Transportation Safety Board investigator Howard Plagens said the midair collision occurred Sunday when the pilot of a Hawker Sea Fury TMK 20 pulled up to the left side of a travelling companion flying a Cessna 210 and collided while attempting a passing manoeuvre.

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