Yesterday’s search for the missing Beech King Air aircraft proved to be unsuccessful once again.
According to Zulfikar Mohamed, the Director of the Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) the search party will today be concluding its search in the valleys between the Merume and the Tomasing Mountains. And from Monday, they will begin searching in a new area.
Over the past weeks, foot patrols as well as aircraft and helicopters have been involved in an extensive search for the plane. Last Sunday, a weak Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) was picked up by the search party, but it has not been detected since.
The aircraft went missing three Saturdays ago, and was carrying US citizens Captain James Wesley Barker and First Officer Chris Paris along with Canadian Patrick Murphy, who were conducting a geophysical survey at the time.
Can’t imagine why the E.L.T was not detected again, hoping not, destruction total of its power source. Those guys on foot search doing so well on inhospitable terrain, the pilots above a perfect combination for search and rescue, would soon be spotted..
ELT don’t transmit for an indefinite period of time
This reminds me of another aircraft piloted by Cpt. Grandsoult which also disappeared. I don’t recall that they ever found that plane. Here’s hoping that this search will be successful.
No trace, was never found to my last knowing!
The battery supporting the ELT has run out of juice. Maybe one day someone might stumble on the plane. This is all part of flying. I must commend the search parties on their tireless effort to find the aircraft, it gives some comfort to the relatives and friends of the flight crew and passenger that the search has not been officially called off.
i dont think the gdf can find anything in guyana, sorry for those foreign personnel
lost in the jungle may they souls R I P
Maybe the plane is not on the ground. I remember that some years ago a plane which had gone missing for a while was discovered high up in the trees. This is a long shot but pilots should be asked to be on the look out while flying over large expanses of thick jungle canopy.
Just a thought.
i think if this plane crashed everybody on board is already dead.
You don’t know these familes, these men … you should never say such things. Everyone who knows them, and those who dont are praying for them … day in and day out.
Hardly………
Who says there was a crash? So far it’s considered “missing”.
I am familiar with the pilot, Mr. Barker, a remarkable man. A question for those familiar with this region..Assuming that he and/or his passengers survived the landing ordeal without serious injuries…would they have a good chance of surviving in the environment until rescued? Would it be difficult to find water, food, native tribal people for assistance? Thanks..