4 Nov, 2020 @ 12:35
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Plane disappears after taking off from Spain’s Ibiza

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A SEARCH by sea is underway for a small plane which disappeared after taking off from Ibiza yesterday.

The twin-engine aircraft, piloted by two members of the Reus aeroclub, vanished at around 6.45pm south of the Ebro Delta.

The plane, which was returning to Tarragona, is believed to have crashed into the sea. 

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TRACKER: Green line shows where aircraft lost all contact (SOURCE; Flightradar24)

A helicopter was launched to search for a wreckage when the Piper Seneca aircraft did not return to its base. 

Just before 7pm, all contact was lost with the bright yellow plane, leading friends to fear the worst. 

It had left Reus airport at 11:30am for Ibiza, landing on the island successfully some 59 minutes later. 

It then took off at 6.15pm to head back to Reus with two people on board. 

The plane went out to sea at about 280km/hr, flying over Santa Agnes, before all contact was lost just before 7pm. 

As of last night the search was focusing between the south coast of Tarragona and the north coast of Castellon.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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