The couple in their 50s who were traveling on the plane disappeared this Friday in the Sierra de Cazorla, in the municipality of Quesadain Jaén, made one last call before his trail was completely lost. At 9:40 a.m. last Friday, the man established communication with the airfield located seven kilometers from Beas de Segura, known as El Cornicabralwhere he planned to land after taking off on the runway of the Totana air base, in Murcia, very popular with fans of ultralight flying.
«They called me to ask me how the weather was in Beas del Segura because many clouds had been found. I told them that the conditions here were reasonably good and I recommended that they wait or turn around waiting for the weather to improve,” the person in charge of the Jaén aerodrome, bordering the provinces of Albacete and the Region of Murcia, told ABC. , that He spoke to the pilot on the phone for the last time. At that time, the couple was flying over Santiago de la Espada, in Jaén, near Puebla de Don Fabrique, already in the province of Granada.
It is unknown if the pilot tried to follow his advice, although he never returned to his starting point, Totana, as he had recommended. An hour later, from the Beas del Segura facilities they contacted the Totana airfield and They told him that they had not returned.
From that moment on, the Civil Guard deployed a search device that has not yet ended. The Andalusian Forest Fire Extinguishing Service (Infoca) intervenes in the search process with a coordination plane (ACO-4), which returned to the Granada airport at noon, and two more planes. At the moment, they have not reported that the ultralight has been located.
No news about the ultralight
According to what the pilot told the person who assisted him at the Beas del Segura airfield last Friday, this couple was flying to the Sierra de Segura region, in the province of Jaén, with the intention of spending the weekend with relatives. But there is no news that they reached their destination.
Since last Friday morning, the Civil Guard has maintained a special search device, which includes air and ground means. It has the collaboration of two cargo planes on the ground from Infoca, which has also enabled its Forest Defense Center in Cazorla so that the helicopter of the armed institute that participates in the tasks can respond if necessary. The ACOA4 coordination plane returns to the Granada airport after completing its flight period.
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