At
7 in the morning they resumed the inquiry in the area where it was
found a scrap metal, it could be a part of the Cessna 172. However, the
results are still awaited to confirm that this fragment is the plane.
SANTIAGO– On Thursday,
during the afternoon, metal debris was found, they would correspond to
the fuselage of the Cessna 172 that since last October 6 is missing,
while flying between Isla Mocha and Tirúa with five people on board.
The discovery was made
about 15 miles south of Tirúa in the Tranicura sector, hours after the
relatives of missing persons conducted an ecumenical service to remember
those missing in this plane, the Tuesday after the operation finished
search by Armed Forces teams. According to the police , the metal piece
is inscribed with watermark type the acronym ” CLAD24ST ” , which was
subsequently verified by Ruben Luis Paredes Diocares , the strayed
aircraft mechanic, who stated that the serial number corresponds to the
frame of the plane.
During the search
operation deployed by the Air Force tracked an area equivalent to 9,000
square kilometers and only found a backpack belonging to one of the crew
of the plane , Jorge Luengo Espinoza.
Without finding reliable
information regarding the location of the aircraft , it was decided to
end the search and since last Tuesday it had begun the withdrawal of the
Armed Forces troops, a situation that eventually have to be
reevaluated.
But at 7 am on Friday
resumed the search for missing plane in Tirúa , after the discovery of a
metal piece that would be part of the fuselage of the aircraft.
However, the piece has not yet been officially confirmed as part of the
missing Cessna 172, and is undergoing surveys by the PDI. According to
informed sources Emol for maritime governance Talcahuano, two vessels
roam the area , one of which leads to 8 divers on board, in addition to
patrols Lebu harbor master, that run the place by land. The search is
performed between 10 and 12 kilometers south of Tirúa, will run
throughout the day despite weather conditions that generated rough seas,
complicating the work of divers in the sector
The continuation of the
investigations will depend on the results at the end of the day and the
expertise of the piece found yesterday, which has yet to be confirmed as
part of the Cessna 172 , lost on 6 October. The piece found was
recognized by the mechanical air terminal as part of the stricken
aircraft, however, still waiting for official confirmation.
Source: http://www.ilovechile.cl
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