UPDATE | Search and rescue teams track signal from missing pilot’s iPhone
The search for Johann Marx and his missing Cessna 206 continues.
The search for Johann Marx, the pilot of a missing Cessna 206, continued today (October 17) in heavy mist and winds.
Search and rescue teams managed to locate a signal from Marx’s iPhone, situated somewhere among the Lebombo mountains near the Barberton Makhonjwa World Heritage Site.
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SARZA (Search and Rescue South Africa), the Ehlanzeni Diving Unit and the K9 Police Unit searched on foot and by car. After identifying an initial 4.6km radius search area, teams were able to narrow down the field of operations to a 1km radius.
“The terrain is making it hard to try and find him without using a chopper or a drone due to the heavy mist,” Captain Pottie Potgieter from the Ehlanzeni Diving Unit shared.
The pilot has not been found yet, and the teams will continue their search tomorrow.
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Marx was flying to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport when his aircraft lost signal and was reported missing.
It departed from King Mswati III International Airport in Eswatini at 13:23 and lost signal at 13:37.
This is a developing story.
Lowvelder will update readers as more information becomes available.
