Possible human remains found in search for missing plane Small plane with six onboard has been missing since Dec. 29. Check out this story on thecalifornian.com: http://usat.ly/2i14zu8 Aircraft searches over Lake Erie for a small plane that has been missing since it took off from Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. CLEVELAND – Authorities searching for a missing plane that was carrying six people said Friday that a passenger seat containing possible human remains was recovered from debris in Lake Erie.