Plane crash leaves no survivors
A Cessna 550 Citation carrying six members of an organ procurement team from the University of Michigan crashed into Lake Michigan minutes after 4pm, Monday afternoon. The plane went down just east of McKinley Beach.
The team was bound for Ypsilanti, Michigan after procurring a donor organ in Milwaukee. Roughly 40 divers from the Coast Guard, Milwaukee Police, Fire, and Sheriff departments searched the waters tirelessly through the night for the plane’s wreckage and occupants.
Human remains have been located at the site, but sadly, there is little hope for finding survivors. U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Bruce Jones stated at a press conference, “We believe this to have been a non-survivable crash.”
The human remains have not yet been identified, but the University of Michigan has released the names of those aboard the plane.
- David Ashburn, M.D.
- Dennis Hoyes
- Richard Chenault II
- Richard Lepensee
- Martinus Spoor, M.D.
- Bill Serra
The identity of the organ recipient, as well as the donated organ, is being kept confidential by the University of Michigan Health System hospital. Although the consequences of this terrible tragedy certainly affect the patient, he/she is reportedly in stable condition in the hospital’s ICU.
Citizens finding debris are asked not to touch them, and to contact either the Coast Guard or Milwaukee Police Department.
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