Rescuers hunting for a Chilean air force plane that went missing as it headed for Antarctica with 38 people aboard have recovered floating debris that may be from the C-130's fuel tanks, the military said Wednesday. The Chilean-flagged Antarctic Endeavour located debris that "could be part
1 / 2A man stands next to a C-130 plane that returned to Punta Arenas, Chile, from a search of the Drake Passage for a missing Air Force plane with 38 people aboardA man stands next to a C-130 plane that returned to Punta Arenas, Chile, from a search of the Drake Passage for a missing Air Force plane with 38 people aboard Punta Arenas - Rescuers hunting for a Chilean air force plane that went missing as it headed for Antarctica with 38 people aboard have recovered floating debris that may be...
The wreckage was located 30 kilometers from the plane's last known position when it disappeared from radar screens at 6:13 pm on Monday."We are going to carry out corresponding checks and when we get the sponges here, we are going to be able to determine if they really are from the C-130," Mosquiera said in Punta Arenas, the plane's departure point.
"We still don't have any new information, but we are making every effort to be able to find the plane," government spokeswoman Karla Rubilar told Chilean radio earlier Wednesday. Family members were gathering in Punta Arenas, 3,000 kilometers south of the capital Santiago, to be close to the rescue effort.
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