Aircraft down in the English Channel

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Hoping for a good outcome:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23399158

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Certainly not good news.

We treat the Sunday outing to Le Touquet as a 'milk run' but this is a reminder that risks are always present.

So far it doesn't sound very hopeful

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You're right. I've never done the Le Touquet run myself but it's always sounded like a lot fun of.
I really hope the pilot is found safe and well. Just have to wait now.

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I've done six crossings so far this year and actually spend longer over the Thames Estuary than over The Channel (Route Harwich > Cap Gris Nez more or less straight line)

You are always hyper-sensitive to engine noises overwater.

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Aircraft believed to be a Cirrus and wreckage has been found.

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Ex-Blackbushe by all accounts.

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You are always hyper-sensitive to engine noises overwater.

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I actually agree with that. When I trained at Perranporth, we did our circuits over the sea and I always remember being so sensitive to the engine noise.

As apparent wreckage has been found, I take it the pilot hasn't?

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No news on that, which can't be good. If it is Cirrus they aren't ideal to use the chute over water.

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Yeah. :( BBC news says the search for the pilot has been suspended for the night. That really does make it look very bleak :(

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Oh dear.

A spokesman for Dover Coastguard said: "Having taken the advice of the RAF as well as the French rescue authorities, we have decided that we won't be resuming the search."

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Not looking good at all, has there been any update today?

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I'm surprised they didn't spend at least one more day searching for the pilot. However I guess they know what the chances of survival are in the sea better than I do.

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Have seen photos of the wreckage and that is why the search is not being continued. The aircraft now identified as N147KA.

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An appeal is being made for donations to raise the aircraft and answer some questions as no other organization is interested in the recovery.

https://www.justgiving.com/local/project/findhim

You would think the authorities would recover the aircraft. There must be an RN or other European naval vessel near by that could raise it?

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Well.. There's a turn up for the book.