No Survivors From The Accident, Coke Bundles Float To The Surface

An airplane which went down in a lake in northern New Mexico Sunday was apparently carrying a large amount of cocaine. Divers report finding fragments of "human remains" in the aircraft, but have not been able to determine how many people were on board at the time of the accident.

What have been recovered are dozens of bundles of cocaine "the size of tissue boxes," according to a report in the New York Daily News through television station KRQE. Heron Lake is about a half hour by car south of the New Mexico, Colorado border. Witnesses said that the plane went down during a "violent storm" in the area sometime around 1030 and 1100 local time.

The plane went down in about 100 feet of water, and the Associated Press reports that officials say wind and currents have caused the debris field to disperse from the impact site. State Police Spokesman Lt. Eric Garcia said that they have not been able to recover a piece of the airplane large enough to identify it. He said the largest piece of debris recovered so far is about the size of a piece of paper. Roads leading to the lake have reportedly been blocked while the investigation continues.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov, www.nmsp.dps.state.nm.us