{"id":18764,"date":"2024-12-09T17:34:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/german-plane-found-in-sea-off-shetland-crashed-last-year\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T17:34:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:34:59","slug":"german-plane-found-in-sea-off-shetland-crashed-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/german-plane-found-in-sea-off-shetland-crashed-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"German plane found in sea off Shetland crashed last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The wreckage of a light aircraft recovered from the North Sea with human remains inside was a plane missing since last year, investigators have confirmed. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The German-registered Cessna 172 was discovered off Shetland on Friday afternoon and brought ashore by a fishing boat on Sunday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A spokesperson from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said they were informed part of the German-registered Cessna had been found on Friday by the crew of a Peterhead trawler.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Benarkle II brought the wreckage ashore to Lerwick harbour on Sunday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-66996245\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\">light aircraft lost contact over the North Sea<!-- --><\/a> in the area between Shetland and Norway on 30 September 2023.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The single engine four-seater plane had taken off from Uutersen Airport in Heist, Germany with one person on board at about 10:30 and lost contact about six hours later.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A report from German investigators Bundesstelle f\u00fcr Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU), <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bfu-web.de\/DE\/Publikationen\/Untersuchungsberichte\/2024\/FBericht_23-0936-4X_Cessna172S_Nordsee.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;v=2\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\">published in April<!-- --><\/a>, said the 62-year-old pilot had stated he was travelling south to Bayreuth, but immediately after take off headed in a north westerly direction. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It also said that he had requested an aircraft with autopilot and had told his wife that morning that she could not accompany him as planned.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The AAIB said it was supporting investigations by Police Scotland and the German authorities.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A spokesperson said: &#8220;We were informed that the remains of a German registered Cessna 172, which was lost in the North Sea in September 2023, had been recovered by a fishing vessel on 6 December and brought to shore in Shetland on Sunday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;The AAIB is supporting Police Scotland and working with the BFU to assist their safety investigation.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Police Scotland confirmed human remains were found inside the small aircraft, which was recovered from the water north-east of Lerwick, Shetland.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A spokesman for the force said inquiries were ongoing.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4gp965e649o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wreckage of a light aircraft recovered from the North Sea with human remains inside was a plane missing since last year, investigators have confirmed. The German-registered Cessna 172 was discovered off Shetland on Friday afternoon and brought ashore by a fishing boat on Sunday. 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