Plane missing on New Mexico-to-Colorado flight

Aircraft and ground teams are searching in southwestern Colorado for a single-engine plane with two people aboard reported missing after it left a New Mexico airport late last week.

Colorado officials say three ground crews and three aircraft resumed the search early Tuesday.

The New Mexico State Police say 55-year-old Howard Guthrie and 42-year-old Melissa Watson were aboard. Both are from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the Mooney M20C took off from Moriarity, New Mexico, on Friday and was bound for Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

Authorities in New Mexico and Colorado say the plane was unable to land in Pagosa Springs because of bad weather and turned around. They say the plane’s path was tracked as far as Buckles Lake about 15 miles southeast of Pagosa Springs.