A K-9 named Ensey located the area where the United Cajun Navy found the fuselage on Saturday from a Cessna 172 that plunged Monday evening into Lake Pontchartrain, said the organization’s vice president, Brian Trascher of New Orleans.

The trained cadaver dog, with handler Crystal Fields of nonprofit Team Texas K9s, alerted a search crew to the area. Cadaver dogs can detect human remains in the water through odors that float to the surface.

“The dog will almost try to jump in the water,” Trascher said. “That’s where they anchored and put the diver in.”

A United Cajun Navy diver reached the fuselage Saturday afternoon, Trascher said. The diver did not find the remains of flight instructor Taylor Dickey of Biloxi and private pilot David Michael Jahn of Gulfport in the cockpit seats, b

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