Search continues in Wyo. for missing plane
The search continues for a single-engine plane believed missing in the northwest Wyoming mountains with a Minneapolis man and three of his sons aboard.
The plane took off from the Jackson airport in a snowstorm on Oct. 25. It disappeared from radar about an hour later over the rugged mountains of the Wind River Range.
Forty-year-old Luke Bucklin was the pilot. His 14-year-old twins Nate and Nick and 12-year-old Noah were also aboard.
Searchers have detected a signal they believe is coming from the missing plane's locater beacon, but they've been unable to find where it's coming from.
Search spokesman Ernie Over says five mountaineers were searching on the ground on Monday. Two airplanes and two helicopters are also searching.
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