New search turns up no sign of missing pilot, plane

Civil Air Patrol crews conducting a training exercise on eight planes in the Northland over the weekend saw no evidence of a plane and pilot that went missing June 8 on the way from South St. Paul to Duluth, the Duluth News Tribune reports.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Publish date:: Oct 22, 2012
Updated on: Mar 8, 2018

Civil Air Patrol crews conducting a training exercise on eight planes in the Northland over the weekend did not turn up any signs of a plane and pilot that went missing June 8 on a flight from South St. Paul to Duluth, the Duluth News Tribune reports.

The Air Force and Civil Air Patrol called off a search after two weeks last summer, KSTP reported.

Pilot Mike Bratlie of Lakeville left a South St. Paul airport in his Piper PA-31 Navajo and made his last radar contact in the Silver Bay area.

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During a training exercise on Saturday, the Civil Air Patrol didn't find any new evidence of a missing plane that disappeared on June 8, the Duluth News Tribune reports. “If you’re training in an area, why not look for something that has not been found yet?” Capt. George Supan, public information officer for the Civil Air Patrol’s Minnesota Wing, told the newspaper. Crews hope the lack of foliage this time of year could help spot something missed in June.

The search for the Lakeville pilot and plane that went missing two weeks ago over northeastern Minnesota has been called off by the Air Force and Civil Air Patrol. Mike Bratlie left a South St. Paul airport on June 8 in his Piper PA-31 Navajo bound for Duluth, and made his last radar contract in the Silver Bay area.

The Civil Air Patrol says a twin-engine Piper PA-31, with one person on board, vanished Friday flying from South St. Paul to the Duluth airport. The News Tribune reports eight Civil Air Patrol airplanes and six ground teams are involved in the search for 67-year-old Michael Bratlie.

The Civil Air Patrol and more than 60 volunteers continue to actively search for a pilot who has been missing for 10-days. Mike Bratlie, 67, left South St. Paul on June 8 bound for northeastern Minnesota. The Duluth News Tribune reports the search effort has been a challenge because of heavily wooded terrain.

The search resumed Tuesday for a Lakeville pilot and his plane, missing since Friday. The Civil Air Patrol continue to scour the area north of Duluth for Michael Arthur Bratlie, 67, and his white twin-engine Piper PA31 Navaho. Six aircraft and two ground teams are involved in the search Tuesday.

The Civil Air Patrol says the twin-engine Piper with one person on board was reported to be on a flight from Fleming Field in South St. Paul to the Duluth airport and back to St. Paul on Friday. The search Sunday is centered north of Duluth.

A pilot from Duluth was killed in a small plane crash in Laramie, Wyoming Friday afternoon. Laramie police say the man was flying to Laramie to visit his son, a student at Wyoming Technical Institute.