Two Chinese trainees and one pilot were confirmed dead after their training flight crashed into a lake in the U.S. state of Florida on Friday, Consulate General of China in Houston said in a statement on Saturday.
Local police said their bodies have been recovered, according to the statement.
The Connection 900 plane crashed in Lake Harney near the Volusia-Seminole county line about 11:30 a.m. local time (1630 GMT) on Friday.
