Search for missing light aircraft off the Blackpool coast
An extensive search is being
carried out off the coast of Blackpool for a small light aircraft that
disappeared off radar on approach to the airport.
The call came into the UK
Coastguard at around 0925 this morning (3 December 2015) to report the missing
aircraft.
A search approximately three
miles off shore is being carried out.
Lytham St Annes Coastguard Rescue
Team, along with three RNLI lifeboats, two from Lytham St Anne’s and one from
Blackpool are involved in the search.
The Coastguard search and rescue
helicopter based at Caernarfon is also searching.
Matthew Mace, Duty Controller at
the UK Coastguard said: ‘There are reports of low visibility in the area so
there is a strong likelihood that this aircraft may have ditched into the sea
after contact was lost and it disappeared from the radar. We currently have a helicopter and several
Coastguard teams out searching for this aircraft.’
The search remains ongoing.