They've been testing new sonar equipment, especially with the water levels being really, really low this year.
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El Dorado County Technicians Believe They Found Plane Wreckage Of 1965 Folsom Lake Crash
A chilling discovery at the bottom of Folsom lake: A plane missing for five decades may have just been found.
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Low lake levels made it easier for the sonar technology to get a clear image, and they saw the plane’s tail and propeller matching the description of the Piper Comanche 250 that crashed in 1965.
“He sees something on the bottom that looks man-made, and that’s when we say, ‘There’s definitely something down there,’ and maybe it’s the plane,” said President of Seafloor Systems John Timplin.
It was New Years Day in 1965 when a plane crashed near the Folsom dam after a mid-air collision.
But the bodies of three people on board were never found. The body of the pilot was the only one discovered.
Frank Wilcox, the brother of one of the victims on board, never stopped looking for the plane or his brother’s remains. But Wilcox’s son told CBS13 his father passed away two years ago, never learning of this discovery.
