A ship belonging to the Forensic Diving Group of the Maritime Police, with a team of five divers, is already in transit to the Algarve, coming from Setúbal, to support the search for the man who disappeared in the sequence from the fall of a light aircraft into the sea, this Friday, 2 miles south of Sagres. Rescue operations were resumed this morning, at 7:40 am, but, according to the Captain of the Port of Lagos Carvalho Pinto, they have yet to bear fruit.
“Right now, there is nothing new. There is already a Navy corvette Jacinto Cândido and a Maritime Police vessel on the ground. We also have a motorized vehicle from the Maritime Authority on the cliffs and, soon, the lifeguard from the Sagres Station will be sent to the site», he revealed, to the Sul Informação.
The arrival of the forensic vessel can be decisive, as it is "equipped with a lateral sonar", equipment that could give decisive help in finding the wreckage, namely the cabin of the Cessna 152, which crashed. “The boat should arrive at the site between 14 pm and 15 pm. From there we will do sweeps. This may take some time, as it may take many passages before finding something», Carvalho Pinto said.
If signs of the presence of sunken wreckage are discovered, divers will take action. «The ship has five elements capable of diving in these conditions. But its use will be decided according to the detection, or not, of debris», he said.
For now, the weather conditions on the ground “are reasonable” and are not negatively influencing the work of the means employed. “The wreckage must not have left that area, so we will keep searching in the same place. If nothing is found, after the passage of the lateral sonar, we may be able to enlarge the operation area», he added.
The Cessna 152, CS-AYH registration, which crashed yesterday, belonged to the Aero Clube de Portimão and it was used for instruction and pleasure flights. That was the case with the failed pilot, José dos Santos Inácio, 74 years old, from the Algarve of Mexilhoeira Grande, emigrant in Canada, who was going on a recreational flight, after taking off at 10:15 am from the Municipal Aerodrome of Portimão.
The aircraft ended up crashing less than an hour after rising. The alert was given by by the fishing vessel “Adriano José”, on Friday, around 11 am. According to the report that the crew of the fishing boat made to the maritime authorities, the plane was flying at low altitude and ended up crashing into the sea.
Despite not having seen the plane crash, due to the intense fog that was felt, the fishermen ended up finding, shortly thereafter, wreckage and documents at sea, which confirmed their suspicions Virtually all the wreckage was found by them». said Carvalho Pinto.
Comments