It was another day of searching for the Dynamic Aviation-owned Beech King Air aircraft that went missing more than a week ago but once again members of the search party came up empty-handed and will be back in the Cuyuni area today.
Head of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Zulfikar Mohamed, yesterday said that there has been no further development after a full day of search from air and on ground.
The Dynamic Aviation aircraft, which have special equipment, and the army helicopter conducted air searches while there were persons on the ground searching.
And while a weak Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) signal was picked up on Saturday, Mohamed said that there was no further detection yesterday and the search and rescue parties were unable to pinpoint the signal.
He said that they will make some “educated assumptions” on the “lines the aircraft would have flown based on what they were doing” and they would insert ground teams to walk along the lines identified.
He admitted that it would be a long and hard task but it has to be done.
The occupants of the missing aircraft, the pilot Captain James Wesley Barker, First Officer Chris Paris, who are both US citizens, and Canadian Patrick Murphy, a Geophysics technician were conducting a geophysics survey.
Keep looking,we will find them alive and well.One thing I will like to mention,is Guyana is not the most modern country in the world,but we sure do better in something than modern countries,for instant small plane crashes around the world every year,most never recover until two,three years,we do have this right here in America,Canada,Germany and I can go on and on..so lets be patient,all our hard work and prayer will pay off.
After 11 days the the Search party still looks Keep searching relentlessly
After 11 days of relentless searching the Search party still looks optimist, a very good sign!! Have survivours that made more than 24 days in the himalayan ice cap after crashing.
Hope is the last to loose, Good luck!!
Good news. A weak signal can only be heard in the immediate vicinity of the aircraft. This would indicate that the search area has in fact been narrowed. A stronger signal would be detected in a wider area. Keep up the good work, you are almost there!
Canadian bush flying, especially in British Columbia, American bush flying, especially in Alaska, are very, very dangerous. I once had the opportunity to visit and fly in Bella Coola, marvellous and fantastic experience. Many small planes disappear without a trace ELT or no ELT. The region between Anchorage and Juneau gives you a glimpse of what Alaska is like from an aviator’s point of view. In terms of territorial extension, and type of terrain, Guyana can’t be compared to these places. As a friend of mine said, “I drink to stay sober to fly these mountains, er, I mean to fly these aeroplanes.” Guyana is well served with the pilots we have, the authorities should make flying safer for them.
Send People everywheres … and keep looking … find them mand bring them home its been 16 days U have to find them!!!!