SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) Investigators on Sunday continued searching for the bodies of seven people believed killed in the crash a day earlier of a small jet into
Brandon Hannah.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Cessna C501 plane was on its way from Smyrna Rutherford County Airport to Palm Beach International Airport when it crashed. Search and rescue crews were out in full force Saturday, but by nightfall the search turned into a recovery effort. We are no longer in an attempt to looking for live victims at this point so we re now recovering as much as we can from the crash site, Capt.
Joshua Sanders, Incident Commander Rutherford County Fire Rescue, said Saturday night.
Gwen Shamblin Lara was the founder and spiritual leader of Remnant Fellowship Church in Brentwood, and the other victims were also leaders at the church. On Sunday, the church issued a statement to
Brandon Hannah.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Cessna C501 plane was on its way from Smyrna Rutherford County Airport to Palm Beach International Airport when it crashed. Search and rescue crews were out in full force Saturday, but by nightfall the search turned into a recovery effort. We are no longer in an attempt to looking for live victims at this point so we re now recovering as much as we can from the crash site, Capt.
Joshua Sanders, Incident Commander Rutherford County Fire Rescue, said Saturday night.
Gwen Shamblin Lara was the founder and spiritual leader of Remnant Fellowship Church in Brentwood, and the other victims were also leaders at the church. On Sunday, the church issued a statement to
US actor Joe Lara, best known for playing Tarzan, is presumed dead after a plane crash in Tennessee.
The 58-year-old is among seven people believed killed when a light aircraft crashed into a lake near the town of Smyrna on Saturday.
His dietician wife, Gwen Shamblin Lara, who founded a weight-loss church, is also among the victims.
Rescue workers say they found wreckage and human remains at the crash site.
Mr Lara played the lead role in the 1989 TV movie Tarzan in Manhattan before reprising the role in the follow-up TV series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures.
He gave up acting in 2002 to pursue a career in country music.