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Looks like they have found the bodies, BBC News reports this evening;
BBC News- Bodies found at aircraft crash site;
Two bodies have been found at the crash site of a light aircraft in the Scottish Highlands.
The bodies are thought to be two Scottish businessmen who were on board the Cessna 152 which went missing in December.
Robert MacLean, 36, and Ewan Spalding, 39, took off from Dalcross airport near Inverness last December but their flight, bound for Benbecula, never arrived.
After extensive searches the hunt for their aircraft was called off.
But it was relaunched at Liatach in Torridon on Saturday after a hillwalker spotted debris in the snow.
The search was resumed on Sunday and police have confirmed that two bodies have been found.
Northern Constabulary say they will not be easy to identify - but it is expected they will be confirmed as the pilot of the Cessna 152 and his passenger.
The Air Accident Investigation Bureau will be making further enquiries into the incident.
The Cessna 125 disappeared somewhere west of Dingwall on 13 December.
Mr Spalding from Dingwall was the pilot of the plane which also carried fellow company director Mr MacLean, from Marybank near Dingwall.
The men were heading for a business meeting in the Western Isles.
A massive search was launched, with mountain rescuers scouring a vast area of the West Highlands.
A Royal Air Force surveillance aircraft joined helicopters from Kinloss, using night vision equipment in the hope they could detect some sign of the plane.
Aircraft wreckage
At one point earthquake specialists were drafted in to study seismological charts of the area to look for some sign of a sudden impact.
And Mr MacLean's wife Trish launched appeals for the public's help, asking walkers and climbers on the hills to provide vital clues.
Finally, on Friday a hillwalker contacted the police after stumbling across pieces of what appeared to be aircraft wreckage in the Wester Ross area.
Mountain rescue teams set out from Torridon at 0900GMT on Saturday.
No positive sightings
Ferocious winds and heavy snowfalls hampered their efforts, but they were able to find some debris and a liferaft which is believed to have belonged to the Cessna.
Radio contact with the aircraft - which only had enough fuel to fly for four hours - was lost 15 minutes after it took off from Inverness Airport.
The pilot did not log a flight route, residents between Dingwall and Ullapool reported no positive sightings and special thermal imaging and reconnaissance equipment could not spot anything.
Police think that the plane had flown over the Mr MacLean's workplace at Muir of Ord before getting lost.
BBC News- Bodies found at aircraft crash site;
Two bodies have been found at the crash site of a light aircraft in the Scottish Highlands.
The bodies are thought to be two Scottish businessmen who were on board the Cessna 152 which went missing in December.
Robert MacLean, 36, and Ewan Spalding, 39, took off from Dalcross airport near Inverness last December but their flight, bound for Benbecula, never arrived.
After extensive searches the hunt for their aircraft was called off.
But it was relaunched at Liatach in Torridon on Saturday after a hillwalker spotted debris in the snow.
The search was resumed on Sunday and police have confirmed that two bodies have been found.
Northern Constabulary say they will not be easy to identify - but it is expected they will be confirmed as the pilot of the Cessna 152 and his passenger.
The Air Accident Investigation Bureau will be making further enquiries into the incident.
The Cessna 125 disappeared somewhere west of Dingwall on 13 December.
Mr Spalding from Dingwall was the pilot of the plane which also carried fellow company director Mr MacLean, from Marybank near Dingwall.
The men were heading for a business meeting in the Western Isles.
A massive search was launched, with mountain rescuers scouring a vast area of the West Highlands.
A Royal Air Force surveillance aircraft joined helicopters from Kinloss, using night vision equipment in the hope they could detect some sign of the plane.
Aircraft wreckage
At one point earthquake specialists were drafted in to study seismological charts of the area to look for some sign of a sudden impact.
And Mr MacLean's wife Trish launched appeals for the public's help, asking walkers and climbers on the hills to provide vital clues.
Finally, on Friday a hillwalker contacted the police after stumbling across pieces of what appeared to be aircraft wreckage in the Wester Ross area.
Mountain rescue teams set out from Torridon at 0900GMT on Saturday.
No positive sightings
Ferocious winds and heavy snowfalls hampered their efforts, but they were able to find some debris and a liferaft which is believed to have belonged to the Cessna.
Radio contact with the aircraft - which only had enough fuel to fly for four hours - was lost 15 minutes after it took off from Inverness Airport.
The pilot did not log a flight route, residents between Dingwall and Ullapool reported no positive sightings and special thermal imaging and reconnaissance equipment could not spot anything.
Police think that the plane had flown over the Mr MacLean's workplace at Muir of Ord before getting lost.
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Low n slow on the subject of ELT ,s in G aircraft i think that one can be fitted but it must have a warning in the cockpit to show when it is transmiting ,most light aircraft ELT,s dont have this function.
I am at the moment looking into the ameri-king AK-450 as the glossy flyer seems to say that it has the indications that the UK CAA require but untill i get my hands on a wire diagram i wont know for sure.
The unit is atractivly priced at about $270 for a G aircraft and it meets TSO-C91a.
I am at the moment looking into the ameri-king AK-450 as the glossy flyer seems to say that it has the indications that the UK CAA require but untill i get my hands on a wire diagram i wont know for sure.
The unit is atractivly priced at about $270 for a G aircraft and it meets TSO-C91a.
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Thank you
I am the daughter of the passenger you are all talking about and i found this site looking for info on what everyone else had to say on the matter.
My self and my mother thank you from the bottom of our hearts for not giving up on them as so many others did.
If one person starts using flight plans then some one has learnt from this accident and i'm pleased.
We thank all of you for taking an interest in my father and his friend's traggic dissapearence and for keeping looking when all hope had been lost.
My deepest regards to all of you.
Donna MacLean
My self and my mother thank you from the bottom of our hearts for not giving up on them as so many others did.
If one person starts using flight plans then some one has learnt from this accident and i'm pleased.
We thank all of you for taking an interest in my father and his friend's traggic dissapearence and for keeping looking when all hope had been lost.
My deepest regards to all of you.
Donna MacLean
The local BBC news said that they have managed to trace data that recorded an explosion beside a loch. Rescue workers are focusing their search on that particular area from now on. Hopefully they will find something soon
Regards
Mister Geezer
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5 years have passed Donna and it seems like yesterday that we were all out in our light aircraft combing the highlands looking for your Dad and Ewen. I hope life has become a little easier as time passes.
