A fire-fighting Air Tractor plane from the company contracted to the environment ministry's Ibanat agency went missing on Tuesday evening. At eight minutes past six, contact with the pilot was lost. The plane had been on a reconnaissance flight. It was scheduled to have left the Son Bonet aerodrome in Palma at half five and to have been in the air for an hour. The Air Tractor 802 in fact took off at 5.23pm. There was contact with the pilot at 6pm when the plane was in the Valldemossa area. It was then heading for Cala San Vicente, when the contact was lost.
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Good thinking John but alas I meant the search/rescue aircraft - fixed and rotary - which were orbiting my general location well into the small hours. They have been around much of today also. Fingers remain crossed...
Axel have you told the authorities of your location. By my rough calculation, based on full tanks, the aircraft would be close to empty by 01.30am. Knowing your position would at least allow them a narrowing of the search area
Heard the aircraft overhead into the small hours. Good luck with the search effort and keeping everything crossed for a positive outcome for the crews and loved ones of the missing aircraft...