Still no sign of missing Minn. plane

Published 2:43 pm Saturday, June 16, 2012

DULUTH — Crews were out again Saturday looking for a missing pilot in northeastern Minnesota.

Lt. Col. Paul Hertel of the Civil Air Patrol said crews searched from the air and ground Friday without finding any signs of the suspected downed plane.

Hertel said the air and ground search continued Saturday. An additional ground team joined the search.

Email newsletter signup

After being grounded by stormy weather Thursday, the air search resumed Friday for pilot Mike Bratlie and his Piper PA-31 Navajo plane.

Bratlie departed from a South St. Paul airport on June 8 and was headed to the Duluth area.