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Search ongoing for Missing Air Class Cargo plane


The plane pictured is not #CX-LAS, the missing plane.
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Contact photographer Alberto U

What: Air Class Líneas Aéreas Swearingen SA227AC Metro III en route from Montevideo to Buenos Aires
Where: Rio Plata Uruguay
When: June 6 2012
Who: 2 aboard
Why: Ten minutes into the flight, ATC lost contact with a Swearingen SA227AC Metro III cargo plane over Rio Plata Uruguay near the island of Flores.

The last contact with the pilot was at 19:45. There was no Mayday from the pilots. Emergency search measures (el Centro de Rehabilitación de Rescate) have been deployed, including engagement of a C-212 Aviocar and AS-365 Dauphin helicopter.

Sergio Piqué, captain of a Uruguayan Navy vessel involved in the search said “Estamos obviamente trabajando desde que se produjo la alerta. No hemos tenido suerte en encontrarlo. Hemos agotado las instancias de comunicación radial con otras plataformas que han estado navegando la zona y también con el faro; los resultados fueron negativos hasta el momento”

Uruguayan Pilot Walter Rigo is a retired Air Force pilot, 63 years old, and highly experienced with over 16,000 flight hours. Co-pilot is Martin Rivas has over 500 hours of flying experience.

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