No 805
Monday 2nd - Sunday 8th March, 2020
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B O DY O F E AG L E PAT RO L P I LOT F O U N D S T I L L I N A I RC R A F T ivers have found the body of 38 year old Commander Eduardo Fermín Garvalena, the pilot who crashed his trainer jet into the Mediterranean close to La Manga on Thursday afternoon.
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The body was found still strapped into his seat, inside the aircraft cockpit of the C101 that was still largely intact. The announcement was made by the Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, during a visit to the Mine Disposal centre in Hoyo de
Manzanares (Madrid). She said that divers first saw the bright colours of his helmet and gradually throughout the morning they were able to recover the plane seat and his body. Lieutenant colonel José Mª Alonso of the AGA said
that the plane is still in one piece. Following the lack of success on Thursday afternoon and evening the search for the aircraft wreckage re commenced early on Friday morning. Continued on Page 2