The couple in their fifties 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 trace was completely lost. At 9:40 a.m. last Friday, the man established communication with the aerodrome 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 microlight flight enthusiasts.
“They called me to ask me what the weather was like in Beas del Segura because many clouds were found. I told them that the conditions here were reasonably good and I recommended that they wait or turn around until the weather improves,” the manager of the Jaén airfield, bordering the provinces of Albacete and the region of Murcia, that. He spoke to the pilot one last time on the phone. 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 unclear whether 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 they hadn’t come back.
From that moment on, the Civil Guard deployed a search device which has not yet been completed. The Andalusian Forest Fire Extinguishing Service (Infoca) intervenes in the research process with a coordination plan (ACO-4), which return to Granada airport at noon, and two more planes. At this time, they have not reported that the microlight has been located.
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According to what the pilot said last Friday to the person who assisted him at the Beas del Segura aerodrome, this couple was flying towards the Sierra de Segura region, in the province of Jaén, with the intention of spending the weekend with relatives. But it is not known that they have reached their destination.
Since last Friday morning, the Civil Guard has had a special search device, which includes air and land resources. It benefits from the collaboration of two Infoca ground cargo planes, which also allowed its Forest Defense Center of Cazorla so that the armed institute helicopter participating in the tasks can intervene if necessary. The ACOA4 coordination aircraft returns to Granada airport after completing its flight period.
