US missionary pilot missing off West Africa coast

By Michelle Faul
Published April 17, 2013 4:00am ET
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US missionary pilot missing off West Africa coast
In this Dec. 2012 photo taken by their daughter Alyssa Krause and made available by her, Jerry Krause, right, and wife Gina pose together for a photo on the beach in St. Augustine, Florida. Ten days ago, on Sunday, April 7, 2013, Jerry Krause disappeared together with his plane just miles from a refueling stop at a West African island. Since then, searches with a plane and boats have found no trace of Krause, a 54-year-old missionary and pilot, or the twin-engine Beechcraft 1900C that he was flying from South Africa to Mali. Krause's family in Mali, where he has lived for 16 years, and in Waseca, Minnesota, believes he is alive and could have landed in hostile territory.(AP Photo/Alyssa Krause) | Alyssa Krause

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The small plane carrying only its American pilot disappeared 10 days ago just miles from a refueling stop at a West African island in the middle of a tropical storm of thunder and lightning.

Since then, searches with a plane and boats have found no trace of the pilot, 54-year-old missionary Jerry Krause, or the twin-engine Beechcraft 1900C that he was flying from South Africa to Mali.

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