News Channel 8 pilot among Georgia plane crash victims Copyright by WFLA - All rights reserved Lester Hathcox [ + - ] Video

WFLA Web Staff - DECATUR COUNTY, GA (WFLA) - A plane that left Lakeland and disappeared from radar Monday morning has been located. The plane, a Cessna TurboProp, left at 9:06 a.m. and was headed to Grady County Airport in Cairo, Georgia. It disappeared from radar around 9:30 a.m.

Copyright by WFLA - All rights reserved This is the hangar the plane departed from.

Copyright by WFLA - All rights reserved This is the hangar the plane departed from.

The plane's wreckage was located around 4 p.m. in Climax, Georgia, Captain Jones from the Thomas County (Georgia) Sheriff's Office confirmed to News Channel 8.

Decatur County Sheriff Wiley Griffin said two people were killed in the crash. News Channel 8 has confirmed our longtime Eagle 8 pilot Lester Hathcox is one of the victims. The second victim has been identified as well-known Tampa Bay area attorney Gene Odom.

Copyright by WFLA - All rights reserved Lester Hathcox

Copyright by WFLA - All rights reserved Lester Hathcox

The plane was based at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, airport director Gene Conrad said.

The Cessna was registered to Legal Airways, LLC, an entity of Odom's firm, Martinez and Odom Law Group in Brandon.

We will provide additional details as they're made available.