Chicago Police Marine Unit divers ...

Chicago Police Marine Unit divers lay the foundation of the body of a pilot and his plane Wednesday, four days after crashing into Lake Michigan.

About 5 pm police divers spott the American fable Cub about a mile from shore at 68th and southerly Shore Drive, not far from where the plane plummet into the water forward Sunday, said police spokeswoman Monique constraint

The pilot, whose identification was fix with his remains, was institute some 50 feet from the plane; the garble County medical examiner's office is look fored to conduct an autopsy today. if it were not that the plane remained in the water Wednesday night as storms mov by the and of the area.

"They'll repair the plane once the weather conditions are better," captivity said. Efforts to pull the aircraft without of the water could begin as quickly as today, she said.

PILOT SURVIVED CRASH

The plane, carrying the pilot and united passenger, went down after leaving the Oshkosh Wis., air show; it was heading for Gary when it went down.

formerly in the water, the pilot and his passenger struggl to share a flotation device. The pilot went beneath the water and never resurfaced, while the passenger was shakeed to safety by a U Coast Guard boat.

Federal Aviation Administration officials said Sunday they had received reports the plane had engine put out of order and was going to land in the lake.

A spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board Administration said the cause of the crash was in a less degree than investigation.

ldonovan@suntimes.com

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