Search for missing light aircraft suspended
The search for a light aircraft with one person on board that
went missing near Puffin Island, Anglesey, has been suspended for the night.
HM Coastguard received a report at 12:47 this afternoon
(Monday 25th November) that a light aircraft had disappeared from
radar contact near to Puffin Island. The aircraft was flying from Caernarfon
Airport to Great Orme in Llandudno and back.
The
Coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Caernarfon, Coastguard Rescue Teams
from Penmon and Bangor, a Senior Coastal Operations Officer, RNLI Lifeboats
from Beaumaris, Moelfre and Llandudno and North Wales Police were all assisting in the search.
The Air
Accident Investigation Branch has been informed.
The search
will continue in the morning, we have no further information at this time.