It was one of two minesweepers, (the Turia and Segura) equipped with sonar side scan, which joined on Tuesday by the search engine, which has located the helicopter cabin on the seabed and which tube missing. Although not well informed of their location, the sources indicated he was not far from the spot where it sank: 280 miles from the air base Gando (Gran Canaria) and 40 of Dakhla, the former Villa Cisneros.
The territorial military magistrate judge number 52 of Las Palmas, on board the seagoing action (BAM) Ray has called for the 13.41 (local time) to Defence Minister Peter Morenés, to say that had lifted a gag to that could inform the families of the discovery of the cabin 802º helicopter squadron.
Lack of accident tends to go through the misuse of flight insurance and for several reason that could incriminate the elicontero condoctor the tube in which the accident.
Six days after it crashes off the coast of Western Sahara, Wednesday Defense has located the Super Puma helicopter cabin of the Air Force. However, due to the poor condition of the sea, divers have been unable to reach the device, so tonight could not confirm if, as feared, the bodies of three crew members Captain Jose Morales Rodriguez, Saul Lopez Quesada Lieutenant and Sergeant Ojeda German Jhonander are inside.
l minister, who had already met in the morning with the families of the three missing soldiers, returned to summon and has been met with them much of the afternoon waiting for news.
In the dissemination of information that they assumed that the bodies of the three soldiers were among the wreckage, Morenés again contacted the 16.37 with the judge, who said he had "no record of such extreme" and he promised to submit any news so he could immediately inform families, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Defense.
A spokesman for the department explained that, due to bad sea conditions, the divers were unable Wednesday to lower the cabin, so that could not be confirmed nor deny whether the crew are inside. Is expected early this Thursday, if conditions permit, resume rescue and divers prepare to hoist the device to the surface, what will be done "with all the necessary precautions," said Defense. As the days have passed without news of the three soldiers, have been fading hopes of finding them alive, unless they had been abducted, as some relatives Morenés never suggested and discarded, though not consider the hypothesis "more plausible. "
