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Old 9th Jul 2019, 19:37
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Grand Cay Island near Abaco Island - airspace/radar

Looking at the area where the accident happened (Grand Cay Island), is there any primary radar covering the area??
Have there been any reports of drug scud running without lights? I wonder if the divers find the wreckage of another aircraft nearby?
Eye witness comments:
"It “didn’t get very high,” Mathien McIntosh, who worked for Cline, told the Guardian newspaper of Nassau in the Bahamas.
“It went up and in about five it just ‘boop.’ The light just disappeared and it was a loud crash. It was a loud bang in the water.”

https://nypost.com/2019/07/06/witnes...from-wreckage/

Map of the area.
https://media.nbcboston.com/images/6...Cay-Island.jpg
Its not that from Florida. https://scubadivingresource.com/wp-c...amas-map-2.jpg

Looking at the maps, it reminded me that this is the same area where the Flight 19 Avenger crews, and the rescue PBM Mariner a/c went missing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_19
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