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Body found in wrecked plane could be missing German pilot

The single engine four-seater plane had taken off from Uutersen Airport in Heist, Germany with one person on board at about 10:30 on 30 September, 2023.

A report from German investigators Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU), published in April, external, said the 62-year-old pilot had stated he was travelling south to visit relatives in Bayreuth.

But immediately after take off, he headed in a north westerly direction.

The report 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.

There was no radio contact from the pilot, and the aircraft disappeared from radar screens about 80 miles (128km) off Shetland, just over six hours after taking off.

A search and rescue operation involving a Coastguard plane failed to find any trace of the Cessna at the time.

But on Friday, wreckage was brought to the surface, tangled up in the nets of the Peterhead-registered trawler Benarkle II.

It was taken ashore at Lerwick on Sunday, and police confirmed that human remains had been discovered.


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