Family and friends of Christopher Moore, along with volunteers, are continuing the search for the pilot who went missing after his aircraft disappeared over the ocean near the Bahamas. Volunteers are searching on foot along nearby shorelines, with boats and aircrafts for any sign of Moore or his plane along the flight path, said Moore’s wife, Stayce Love.
Love, who is leading the search, said they tracked a possible cell phone ping of the plane’s location on Thursday. Further details on the ping were not immediately available.
Love said Moore’s last known location was near Marsh Harbour, a town in the Abaco islands.
“He was radioing five miles out from Marsh Harbour,” Love said.
Moore lifted off on Sunday morning from Sebastian Municipal Airport. The pilot was traveling in a single-engine, BRM Aero Bristell plane.
A relative notified Coast Guard officials and reported Moore missing when he did not reach his destination. The Federal Aviation Administration issued an alert notice informing agencies the aircraft was reported overdue.
The Coast Guard assisted the Royal Bahamas Defence Force to track down the missing pilot and his red, white and blue plane. Coast Guard officials searched more than 1,760 square miles across the ocean, said Nicholas Strasburg, petty officer third-class for the Coast Guard Seventh District.
The search yielded negative results. The Bahamian defence force’s search also did not find the plane or pilot.
The Bahamian defence force notified Coast Guard crews about 10 p.m. Monday that they suspended the search.
