Body of missing S.C. pilot and plane recovered off Georgia coast

BRYAN COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT)) – The physique of a lacking South Carolina pilot and a lacking aircraft have been recovered off the Georgia coast.

The Bryan County coroner recognized the stays as 67-year-old Edwin Farr, of Lexington, South Carolina.

His stays had been present in waters 18 miles off the coast of Bryan County on Friday, Could 13.

The invention of his stays got here seven days after it was reported that his aircraft crashed off the coast of Wassaw Island.

The aircraft, a Cirrus SR22, was discovered Thursday.

Officers say Farr was presupposed to land at 9 a.m. on the Barnwell airport in South Carolina on Could 6 from Lexington however by no means made it.

Officers say an airport worker supplied a tail quantity for Farr’s lacking plane. Flight monitoring web sites present that SR22 took off from Lexington, flew over Barnwell, after which went in a straight line for a number of miles earlier than dropping from the sky into the ocean off Wassaw.

Farr’s reason behind loss of life, and the crash itself, are nonetheless below investigation.

WTOC contributed to this report.

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