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Fisherman tells of the moment his crew hauled in the wreckage of a missing German plane in their NET off the coast of Scotland
A fisherman has revealed the shocking moment he and his crew discovered the wreckage of a missing German plane more than 12 months after it disappeared. Benarkle II skipper, Mark Addison, hauled in a section of the Cessna 172’s fuselage while fishing on Friday and brought it to the Greenhead Base in Lerwick. The four-seater aircraft went missing after taking off from near Hamburg, Germany, with only the 62-year-old pilot on board on September 30, 2023. Mark and his seven crewmates were out on the seas 70 miles east of Scotland when they stumbled across the pieces of plane. Photos, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:44
Human remains found inside small plane pulled from the sea off the coast of Scotland
Human remains have been recovered from the wreckage of a missing German plane which crashed into the North Sea more than a year ago. The light aircraft was found in the water north-east of Lerwick, Shetland, on Friday and was brought to shore by a fishing boat on Sunday. Police Scotland have confirmed that human remains were found inside the plane. A trawler from Peterhead called the Benarkle II had hauled in a section of the plane’s fuselage while fishing on Friday and brought it to the Greenhead Base in Lerwick. Police met the trawler at the port and the plane’s wreckage was then loaded onto a truck and it has been taken for further examination. Photos, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:09
