Plane with 4 aboard missing in north Georgia

ELLIJAY, Ga. – Authorities say they are looking for a plane with four people aboard for a sightseeing trip that has been missing for a day.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the Beechcraft Bonanza was reported missing late Monday.

Gilmer County Fire Chief Tony Pritchett told WSB-TV that three of those aboard are from that county and the pilot is from Ohio.

Maj. Paige Joyner of the Georgia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol said Tuesday that a search from the air and on the ground was under way.

She says the plane departed the Ellijay airport for a trip within a 50-mile radius of the airport.

Bergen says the flight had no contact with air traffic controllers.