Ex-fighter pilot and son, 13, feared dead after plane crashed off Majorca
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AN EX-military fighter pilot and his teen son are feared dead after their plane crashed into the sea off Majorca.
Specialist divers are searching for the occupants after locating the wreckage of a two-seat sport plane was found near the tourist hotspot.
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The plane is understood to be a Team Rocket F-4 Raider
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An ex-military fighter pilot and his teen son are feared dead
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A helicopter searches for survivors
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The plane, a Team Rocket F-4 Raider, was seen crashing into the sea near Soller just after 8pm yesterday.
It had reportedly been seen doing air acrobatics including 'daring but legal' 360-Degree turns.
One of the occupants is said to be a former American military combat pilot aged around 60 who lives in Germany.
He has a holiday home in Majorca, and is understood to currently work as a commercial pilot.
Majorcan newspaper Ultima Hora reports that the second person feared dead in the crash was the pilot's 13-year-old son.
Spanish police have not yet commented on the identities of the occupants of the plane.
A Civil Guard spokesperson said early this morning: "The search for two occupants is continuing this morning following the plane accident yesterday evening.
"The accident happened around 8pm opposite the Soller lighthouse and in waters about 30 metres deep.
"Specialists from the Civil Guard's elite GEA diving unit, the Maritime Service and the Air Service are still conducting a search."
In an initial statement late yesterday the force said: "The two-seater plane had left Binissalem Aerodrome around 6pm yesterday and the accident happened around 100 metres from the coast opposite the lighthouse in Soller Port.
"The remains of the plane have been located but we still have no information about the number of people inside.
"We have spoken to an eye-witness on a boat who saw the accident."
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One of the occupants is said to be a former American military combat pilot
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