2 Planes Collided over Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho: Eight fears lifeless.

Eight feared lifeless in a plane collision over Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho

Witnesses stated they noticed two planes colliding above the water, then crashing close to Powderhorn Bay.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Authorities stated they accept as true with there had been 8 passengers and crew aboard two planes that collided Sunday over Lake Coeur d’Alene. Officials said it was probably that no one survived.

Witnesses stated they noticed planes colliding above the water, then crashing into the lake close to Powderhorn Bay, in keeping with an information launch from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. The crash came about 2:20 p.M.

Officials stated they believed a total of 8 passengers and crew have been on the two planes, but that changed into still being verified. Two our bodies had been recovered as of Sunday night, said Lt. Ryan Higgins with the sheriff’s office.

Multiple neighborhood agencies, along with the sheriff’s marine teams, local fire departments and America Coast Guard, answered to the crash.

John Cowles advised The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, that he turned into at the lake with his family at the time of the crash. Cowles said he saw what seemed to be an “engine explosion” on a seaplane flying no more than 200 toes overhead. One of the aircraft’s wings then separated, and the aircraft fell into the water.

The National Transportation Safety Board will probably take over the investigation within the coming days, Higgins instructed the Spokesman-Review