BATESVILLE, Ind. -- Two of the three people killed Saturday evening in a small airplane crash were experienced members of the United States Civil Air Patrol, according to a statement issued by the CAP Monday night.
The organization, which functions as the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force, reported the deaths of Majors Louis Cantilena and Paul Schuda in the crash. The third victim was Cantilena’s daughter. A dog aboard the plane also died.
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Schuda was director of the National Transportation Safety Board Training Center at Ashburn, Virginia; Cantilena taught clinical pharmacology and medical toxicology at Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland. Each had served 20 years in the CAP.
Indiana State Police Sgt. Stephen Wheeles said the group had been traveling from Kansas City, Missouri, to Frederick, Maryland, when the plane went down in a wooded area in Franklin County on Saturday.
Firefighters arrived quickly to douse and clear the wreckage, but Wheeles estimated it could take days to clean up the scene.
"It will be an ongoing scene for quite a while because you have the magnitude of the crash and the area where it's at, being such a wooded area, a little bit difficult to get to," Wheeles said.
Wheeles added it was not yet clear what caused the crash.
Only one survivor got off the plane: A second dog, which showed up injured at a nearby home and was taken to a local veterinarian for treatment.
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