Three onboard crew members confirmed dead in Florida plane crash

Two Chinese trainees and one pilot were confirmed dead after their training flight crashed into a lake in the US 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.