A small plane and it’s pilot, which had been missing since May 6, have both been recovered as of Thursday morning.
The pilot had crashed into the waters of Chatham County, possibly after running out of fuel.
The Bryan County Coroner, Bill Cox, said the body of Edwin Alton Farr, 67 of Lexington, South Carolina, was recovered on May 13.
“The family had hired someone to look for the plane and retrieve the body on Friday the 13th," Cox said. "They found the plane at five o’clock that evening and sent two divers down to retrieve the body from the plane.”
Lt. Eric Gaustad of the Bryan County Sheriff's Office said Farr’s body was found roughly 18 miles off the coast of Bryan County.
Farr’s remains were transported to the boat ramp at Fort McAllister and later transported to the GBI Crime Lab in Pooler.
Cox said a cause of death is currently under investigation. “The body was taken to the medical examiner’s office at GBI lab," Cox said. "An autopsy was performed, but it’s pending.”
Sea Tow Savannah was contracted to remove the submerged plane. "We were hired to go out and recover the plane from the bottom of the ocean," said Jim Givens, Sea Tow equipment operator. On Thursday, Givens and his team at Sea Tow Savannah towed the plane about 35 miles to Half Moon Marina on Colonels Island in Liberty County on Thursday, which is six days after the body was recovered.