Air Force helicopter crash survivors missing again as rescue boat disappears from the radar
Saturday, October 24, 2015 @ 3:48 PM
THREE Spanish soldiers who survived a helicopter crash into the sea off the coast of southern Morocco en route back to base in Gran Canaria have gone missing again.
Moroccan authorities rescued them, alive and well, by boat – but since then, nobody has been able to contact the crew.
Foreign affairs minister José Manuel García-Margallo and defence minister Pedro Morenés (pictured) have admitted they have no idea where the helicopter crash survivors are and that they have been unable to reach the craft by radio.
They should have reached the port of Dakhla, in Morocco, yesterday afternoon – and they were travelling in a fishing boat rather than an official coastguard rescue vessel.
Poor sea conditions may be responsible for communication channels being cut off.
Spanish Armed Forces deep-sea divers, a coastguard rescue boat with underwater search facilities, and several boats, planes and helicopters have been sent out by Spain's government, which is working closely with the Moroccan Royal Navy.
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