ASTORIA, Ore. (KOIN) — The body of Irene Mustain, who died in a small plane crash in the Columbia River last week, was recovered Monday by Clatsop County divers.
The 63-year-old woman was a passenger in a vintage plane piloted by John McKibbin. The pair were headed to the Pacific Ocean to spread the ashes of her late husband when the plane went down in about 28 feet of water.
McKibbin’s body was able to be recovered on Friday.
Workers will now begin the process of removing the plane, a 1941 North American AT-6.
The NTSB continues to investigate the crash.
John McKibbin’s plane
The plane co-owned by John McKibbin and George Welsh, a 1941 North American AT-6 (Undated courtesy photo, George Welsh)
A small plane crashed in the Columbia River near Astoria, March 23, 2016. (Tim Severson)
Pier 39 in Astoria, March 24 2016. (KOIN)
The plane co-owned by John McKibbin and George Welsh, a 1941 North American AT-6 (Undated courtesy photo, George Welsh)
John McKibbin, left, and an unidentified man in an undated photo provided by George Welsh on March 24, 2016
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter searches in Astoria, March 24 2016. (KOIN)
John McKibbin
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