WWII-era plane crashes off Fla. Panhandle; 2 dead (AP)

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. – A sawbones and digit another mortal were killed when the World War II-era form they were in crashed into the Gulf of Mexico soured the Florida Panhandle.

Walton County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mike Gurspan addicted Sun that Dr. bandleader Evan Zeiger, of the Birmingham, Ala., area, was craft the form when it went downbound a period earlier.

Zeiger was air the oldness T-6 American in manufacture with individual kindred aircraft, but Gurspan says it’s blurred if they were doing flight or involved in some designed show.

The embody of a someone traveller has been transported to the scrutiny examiner, but she has not ease been identified.

Divers are ease disagreeable to vanish the wreckage of the form from humour most 45 feet deep.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check backwards presently for boost information. AP’s early news is below.

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A sawbones has died after the form he was air crashed into the Gulf of Mexico soured the Florida Panhandle. His traveller also was killed in the incident.

WKRG-TV says Dr. Evan Zeiger was air a World War II epoch form in manufacture with individual another bomb when the break occurred Saturday. The inform says Zeiger came from Birmingham, Ala.

It says Coast Guard delivery crews institute Zeiger, his traveller and the wreckage in liquid 50 feet deep. It does not refer the passenger.

Coast Guard Petty Officer author Lehmann says the author County Sheriff’s Office reportable the break at 12:45 p.m. Sat nearby Miramar Beach. The bomb is reportable to be a T-6 American simulator plane.

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Information from: WKRG-TV, http://www.wkrg.com/

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