My inlaws live in Alderney and I fly to visit regulary so this very sad accident is of particular interest and my love / hate for the news is fueled, wanting to hear real facts quickly, not miss facts from speculaltion and at the moment there seems to be so little facts. Unusual to be south of the island when flying from the mainland? Nothing clear of the actual ditching point, wx appears to have been perfectly flyable. Wish I had found it yesterday but
Marine Traffic - AIS | Digimap Ltd, Guernsey the French tug named earlier, the light blue tag was / now searching some 30/40 miles NNW of Guernsey