3.15pm Update.
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- 1/2 9.30am We are searching based on four possibilities: 1. They have landed elsewhere but not made contact. 2. They landed on water, have been picked up by a passing ship but not made contact 3. They landed on water and made it into the life raft we know was on board
- 24th January 7.50am update. We are commencing a coastal search using be Channel Islands Air Search plane of Burhou, the Casquets, Alderney, the north coast of the Cherbourg Peninsula, north coast of Jersey and then back over Sark. Further information released when available
- 17.00 update Search and rescue operations have been suspended as the sun has now set. The current plan is for it to resume at sunrise tomorrow. There will be no further updates tonight.
- 11.45am update So far over 1,000sq miles have been searched by a total of five aircraft and two lifeboats. It is being co-ordinated by the Joint Emergency Services Control Centre. There has been no trace of the aircraft. The search is continuing.
- 1.20pm update The island of Burhou has been searched by foot. No trace of the aircraft or those on board has been found. Further information will be released once it is available.
- 15.30 update. One plane, one lifeboat are still searching. Another plane will rejoin after refuelling. 1,155sq miles have been searched. A decision whether to search overnight will be taken at sunset.
- 2/2 4. The aircraft broke up on contact with the water, leaving them in the sea. Our search area is prioritised on the life raft option. More updates as information becomes available
- Roses are red, Violets are blue, If you break the law, We'll come and arrest you.
- 11.30am update There are currently three planes and one helicopter in the air. We are also reviewing satellite imagery and mobile phone data to see if they can be of any assistance in the search. So far today nothing spotted can be attributed to the missing plane.
- 2/2 We have found no signs of those on board. If they did land on the water, the chances of survival are at this stage, unfortunately, slim. Two planes and a lifeboat are still searching. A decision about an overnight search will be taken shortly
- 1/2 23rd January 7.30am update. We have resumed searching. Two planes are taking off & will search a targeted area we believe has the highest likelihood of finding anything, based on review of the tides and weather since it went missing.
- 2/2 The search is ongoing and a decision whether to continue will be taken later today. Further information will be released as we have it.
- 10.50am update The search is ongoing and a decision about continuing will be made once all assets have completed this morning’s search pattern. Information will be released once available