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Emergency workers tend to a victim of a small plane crash in the Mohawk River in Scotia, N.Y., about 20 miles northwest of Albany, Sunday, June 14, 2009. Two of the three people aboard the Piper Cherokee were found dead after the aircraft …

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Two of the three people aboard the Piper Cherokee were found dead after the aircraft sank, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said. The third person's condition wasn't immediately known. (AP Photo/Curtis Sampson)

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3rd body recovered from Mohawk River

Updated: Monday, 15 Jun 2009, 1:42 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 15 Jun 2009, 1:41 PM EDT

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Relatives of a man killed along with his son and another man when their small plane crashed in the Mohawk River say the father's body has been recovered.

The relatives of 41-year-old George Kolath and his 11-year-old son George Jr. confirmed Monday that the two were aboard the Piper aircraft when it crashed following takeoff from a Schenectady County (skeh-NEHK'-ta-dee) airport around 2:20 p.m. Sunday.

The plane sank in 30 feet of water in the town of Glenville and was pulled from the river Monday morning.

The boy's body and that of a 52-year-old man were recovered Sunday.

State police haven't provided any information. The Kolath relatives, who wouldn't give their names, spoke outside their home in nearby Rexford. They said police told them George Kolath's body was recovered.

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