Small plane crashes into Gulf of Mexico

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We may never know what happened to a pilot whose plane spiraled out of control for hours before crashing today.

Officials say the Cessna was headed from Louisiana to Sarasota Florida.

When air traffic controllers lost contact with the pilot radar images show the aircraft circling aimlessly over the Gulf of Mexico.

The -- while its National Guard dispatched to fighter jets but no luck and contacting that Cessna and down it win.

The fighter pilots escorted the -- -- on the plane's windshield reported ice and officials say there were no signs of life before it sank.