Plane Wreckage Found In East Texas Lake

Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter

EAST TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The sheriff's office in Jasper County said it has found the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Lake Steinhagen.

A pilot and three passengers with a film crew survived the crash by holding onto a camera case and swimming to shore.

Investigators said they believe the plane went down early Tuesday morning after running low on fuel.

The film crew was flying from California to New Orleans.

(©2015 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

In:
• New Orleans
• Airplane Crash
• California