O Air Tractor AT-802, who was carrying only one man, drew 240 kilometers east of St. John’s around 9:00 am on Tuesday (05:00 in Lisbon).
A small plane that will have departed from the US or Canada to the Azores drove near St. John’s International Airport in Canada, with the authorities trying to find the pilot, Canadian television advanced .
According to the same source, which cites the Canada Transport Security Council, the plane, an AT-802 Air Tractor, carried asentence a person And it was 50 kilometers east of St. John’s around 09:00 on Tuesday (05:00 in Lisbon).
Speaking to Canadian television, a head of the Halifax joint rescue coordination center, Len Hickey, initially said that the plane had come from the United States, but then advanced that the origin of the flight had been St. John’s airport.
Hickey said the flight plan showed that the US-owned plane was heading to the Azores, and that the authorities are transporting it to Portugal.
The plane had only one male occupantHickey said, explaining that the rescue center received an emergency signal and sent teams to the area.
“A pontoon of the aircraft was spotted on the surface, just like an orange life boat. There were also some wreckage, but the Cormorant helicopter confirmed that the boat was empty,” he told CBC News.
Found an oil stain in the water near the accident site
The official admitted that the search conditions worsened on Tuesday night, with very low visibility, adding that the Investigators found an oil stain in the water near the accident site.
This discovery “brings together the pieces of history a little,” he said.
Several aerial vehicles and vessels remain at the scene, Hickey said, including a Hercules plane, a Cormorant helicopter, a Cougar Airlines helicopter, a Pallines aircraft, a Canadian coastal ship and two fishing boats.
The AT-802 is a single-engine aircraft the propeller that the air tractor classifies as an agricultural aircraft, often used to spray pesticides. It can also be adapted for firefighting purposes.
