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Crews recovering downed plane in Mississippi River in southeast metro

Few details were immediately available.

By Mara Klecker

September 14, 2020 at 11:33AM

Crews on Sunday night began recovering a downed plane in the Mississippi River near Grey Cloud Island, KARE-11 reported.

Grey Cloud Island is southwest of St. Paul Park and Cottage Grove.

Few details were immediately available. Dakota County and Washington County authorities helped with the search for the aircraft.

Mara Klecker • 612-673-4440

A Sheriff's Department boat began the search for a missing plane in the water off Grey Cloud Island late Sunday night.
A Sheriff's Department boat began the search for a missing plane in the water off Grey Cloud Island late Sunday night. (Kevin Martin — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Mara Klecker covers Minneapolis K-12 schools for the Star Tribune. She previously reported on the suburbs of the Twin Cities. Before coming to the Star Tribune, she was the social services reporter at the Omaha World-Herald. 

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