Polar Prince found missing aircraft

[tobs]

The Polar Prince equipped with Magnum 114 started a search for a missing aircraft west of Bergen late saturday night. After a short search, the aircraft was located with the three missing persons inside on 320 meters depth.

There were no mayday from the aircraft before it disapeared from the radar. Also there were bad weather in the area wen the accident occured.

For those who understand norwegian:
http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=508916

All thoughts go out to the families of the dead, and I hope the rov crew get the help they might need after this job.

[James McLauchlan]

tobs

Thanks for the report. A sad occasion with a reasonable result for families/relatives that may wish to know what happened.

best regards
James Mc

[Rons_ROV_Links]

Hereby 2 links to english news articles about the accident:
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2496023.ece
http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=163672

[Rons_ROV_Links]

The wreckage of the plane has been recovered. The bodies of the 3 victims were still inside.

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2499661.ece
http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=164476

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