US and Brazil Join Search for Chilean Plane Lost Near Antarctica
Both the United States and Brazil have deployed aircraft to assist in the search for a Chilean Air Force plane that disappeared near Antarctica on Monday, December 9, with 38 passengers and crew on board.
The C-130 Hercules plane went missing on Monday after departing from Punta Arenas for Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva in Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands with 17 crew and 21 passengers aboard, Chilean officials said. Seven hours after losing contact, the Chilean Air Force declared the plane to be damaged and said a search for survivors was underway.
The search area comprised 175,000 square kilometers (about 67,500 square miles) in the Drake Passage, the body of water between Cape Horn, on South America’s southern tip, and the South Shetland Islands, the Chilean Air Force said.
An official passenger list showed that 32 members of the Chilean Air Force, three members of the army, one university student, and two others were on the flight.
Relatives of passengers landed at Chabunco Air Base in Punta Arenas, where search efforts were being coordinated, on Wednesday, the Chilean Air Force said. This footage shows them boarding a plane and landing at Punta Arenas.
It also shows aircraft already deployed by Chilean forces in the search, including Black Hawk helicopters and F-16s, at Chabunco.
US Southern Command on Wednesday said it had directed the US Navy to deploy a P-8A Poseidon aircraft and its 20-person crew to Punta Arenas. The same day, the Brazilian Air Force said it had sent a P-3 Orion maritime surveillance plane to Chile to support the search. Credit: Chilean Air Force via Storyful
相關影片推薦
- 1:58中國珠海體育場「汽車無差別撞人」35死43傷震驚社會 民眾獻花哀悼 習近平親自指示嚴懲Yahoo奇摩(國際通)21,580 次觀看・8 小時前
- 58:02國台辦批和平之鹿譁眾取寵 羅文嘉指:對比軍機繞台展現不同文明素養 批陳玉珍提金門自貿區是繼香港後一國兩制示範區!【齊有此理】齊有此理135,921 次觀看・11 小時前
- 1:44螺絲出口受阻! 高雄多家工廠歇業.員工無薪假華視影音66,684 次觀看・6 小時前
- 1:07柯文哲羈押「為何剃光頭」? 律師曝「2可能原因」這樣說民視影音31,098 次觀看・8 小時前
- 0:37婚前也曾剃過光頭! 柯文哲認曝原因:當時覺得我人生蠻灰暗的民視影音13,001 次觀看・8 小時前
- 1:54中國第二款匿蹤戰機「殲35A」首亮相 官媒稱「隱身性世界第一」 外觀似F-35性能成謎Yahoo奇摩(國際通)7,710 次觀看・6 小時前
- 1:45搶黃燈釀憾事!機車撞左轉廂型車 騎士不治TVBS新聞網影音352,741 次觀看・1 天前
- 5:26揭!鍾小平:柯文哲收現金是習慣!早在10年前就學壞了!民視影音122,962 次觀看・23 小時前
- 1:58母女肉燥飯有家的味道 阿嬤醍醐味變生財工具東森新聞影音3,088 次觀看・3 天前
- 1:09Yuma小帳疑偷偷表白「Tommy是老公」 一特點跟福原愛超像!早被預言會離婚娛樂星聞15,667 次觀看・22 小時前
熱門必看
- 13:15【Super Junior-M復刻系列】台灣long stay之團員告別台灣 EP12Yahoo奇摩娛樂 電視影音71,429 次觀看・6 天前
- 14:07【Super Junior-M復刻系列】周覓xHenry 分享喜愛音樂和在台生活點滴照片 EP11Yahoo奇摩娛樂 電視影音42,105 次觀看・6 天前
- 9:03【Super Junior-M復刻系列】周覓xHenry 挑戰互換穿搭風格 EP10Yahoo奇摩娛樂 電視影音30,963 次觀看・6 天前
- 14:55【Super Junior-M復刻系列】晟敏x厲旭 晟敏教唱《可惜不是你》 EP09Yahoo奇摩娛樂 電視影音26,266 次觀看・6 天前
- 21:41【Super Junior-M復刻系列】晟敏x厲旭 厲旭教中文 EP08Yahoo奇摩娛樂 電視影音22,682 次觀看・6 天前