In a tragic incident on Friday morning, a small plane crashed into Utah Lake, resulting in the deaths of two men. According to KUTV, the crash occurred shortly after 10 a.m. near the Provo Airport, leaving the aircraft submerged in about 10 feet of water.
The victims were identified by the Utah County Sheriff’s Office as Michael Hyrum Cox, 43, of St. George, and Mark Andrew Johnson, 46, from Washington, Utah, as FOX13 reported. Witnesses at the scene, their bodies were extracted from the wreckage later that evening.
The plane involved in the accident, a single-engine Cirrus SR22, was cleared for landing before the pilot aborted the maneuver. Officials are investigating the reasons behind the abort and subsequent crash. Experts consulted by the investigators indicate that such a “go around” could be triggered by factors such as unsafe landing conditions or too much traffic on the runway, as obtained by KUTV…