LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Civil Air Patrol) -The small aircraft that went missing Mondaywhile on a flight from Alabama to Oklahomathat afternoon was located this morning.

A crash site was spotted from the air and a multi-agency ground team, including Civil Air Patrol (CAP)ground search teams from the 115th Composite Squadron in Rogers, confirmed that it was the missing airplane.

Mondaynight, a CAP aircraft overflew the search area listening for an emergency beacon, howeverthick fog hampered the use of a thermal imager with which the CAP plane was equipped. Tuesday morning, a CAP aircraft from Little Rock and a CAP ground search team from Rogers joined with local authorities in the search. A CAP aircraft from Texarkana was readying to launch when the missing plane was found.

The single-engine aircraft dropped off FAA radar screens around 2:00 Monday afternoon. Local teams from Madison and Benton County began the search and requested CAP assistance.
