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Urgent search for Antarctic plane with 38 people that disappeared off radar
Chile combs Antarctic seas for missing plane with 38 aboard
In this image made from video, Gen. Eduardo Mosqueira, right, of the Fourth Air Brigade speaks to the media next to a map of the area where the airplane is missing, in Punta Arenas, Chile, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (AP Photo)
"SANTIAGO, CHILE -- Search crews are combing the Antarctic for a Chilean military transport plane carrying 38 people that vanished en route to a base on the frozen continent and will tirelessly press ahead as the hunt gains widening international support, officials said Tuesday.
Gen. Eduardo Mosqueira said Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and the United States had each lent planes to the search following Monday's disappearance. At least 13 aircraft and several ships were scouring the area where the plane was believed to be when radio contact was lost."
"We'll continue searching 24 hours a day, both night and day, with the resources at our disposal," Mosqueira told The Associated Press.
Officials said the plane had taken off in favourable conditions Monday afternoon, though it was flying in an area notorious for rapidly changing conditions, with freezing temperatures and strong winds. Seven hours after contact was cut off, the air force declared the plane a loss, though there was no sign of what happened to it."