Rescue Teams Recover Plane After Crash Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Missing in Gulf of Mexico

Venice Police Department recover parts of the Piper Cherokee place that crashed in the Gulf of Mexico on Dec. 5, 2022. Courtesy of Venice Police Department

Rescue teams have found the bodies of a woman and a female juvenile after a Florida plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday evening. The plane was recovered earlier on Monday. A 42-year-old man is still missing.

The plane, a single-engine Piper Cherokee, departed from Venice Municipal Airport in Florida around 7:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It crashed around 2.5 miles west of the Venice Fishing Pier, according to the local municipality.