Rain suspends search for missing plane

The search for the Air Services Limited (ASL) plane that went missing almost two weeks ago over the jungle in Region Eight, was suspended yesterday after incessant rainfall hit Mahdia.

A team of Guyana Defence Force soldiers was flown into the area from Timehri on Wednesday to join a ground search for the plane, its pilot and its cargo handler.

The plane lost contact with air traffic controllers on December 28, 2014 as it was travelling