The wreckage of a light aircraft that disappeared on 20th June has been found off the coast of Hordaland County near Bergen in Norway. All three people onboard died in the accident.
The plane, a Fairchild Merlin IIIB, had been on a training mission for The Kystverket, the Norwegian Coastal Administration, when it went down in stormy weather, killing the three pilots Jan Einarsen, aged 60; Knut Brunborg, aged 45; and Inge Marius Vagsberg, aged 29.
All three bodies were found trapped in the wreckage. The cause of the crash remains unclear and the commission is yet to examine the cockpit recorder which was found intact.
“We found the wreckage approximately where we believed it was lying,” said Tor Norstegard of the state commission that investigates accidents (Havarikommisjonen). The wreckage and the victims were located with the help of a mini-submarine.
“If we can find out what was being said in the cockpit just before the accident, it will be very useful for us,” said Norstegard.
