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A single-engine Cessna 172 aircraft crashed near the north shore of Lake Superior at 11:38 p.m. March 15, but there was no sign that a body had gone down with it.

The aircraft, which is registered to the University of Michigan Flyers Inc., was rented to a Chinese national studying at the University of Michigan, officials told the Thunder Bay News.

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The University of Michigan Police Department has since released the identity of 27-year-old Xin Rong, a graduate student.

Upon investigation, there was no trace that anyone had landed with the plane—and no footprints in the snow.

“When (the pilot) exited, and how (the pilot) exited, is still a mystery,” Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigator Peter Rowntree told the Chronicle Journal.

The flight was originally chartered for an intra-state trip departing from Ann Arbor Municipal Airport, spokesperson for the University of Michigan, Diane Brown said.