Well he wasn't missing as long as Dieter Dengler was.(Rescue Dawn)
Mike
At 01:28 PM 25/11/2010, you wrote:
Chilean Glider Pilot Found Alive After Crash
SANTIAGO Rescue teams on Wednesday found alive
a pilot who had been missing since last weekend
after his glider crashed near the town of
Putaendo, some 100 kilometers (62 miles)
northeast of the Chilean capital, officials said.
We found Jose Auil alive, the glider pilot who
has been missing since Sunday. Congratulations
to the rescue personnel and to Jose for his
endurance!!! Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter said on Twitter.
Jose Alberto Auil Petermann, a 46-year-old
dental surgeon, took off on Sunday from the
Vitacora Glider Club, in eastern Santiago, where
he was scheduled to return after a six-hour flight.
After losing contact with Auil and determining
that he had not returned to Santiago,
authorities launched a search around Putaendo in the Aconcagua Valley.
Police officers, air force personnel and
firefighters made up the rescue teams that on
Wednesday located the aircraft about 60
kilometers (37 miles) north of El Copin Hill.
Auil, who has been a pilot for nine years, had
written in Spanish on the roof of his plane: Im OK and am going downriver.
This message enabled a helicopter to follow the
watercourse until the crew spotted Auil, who had
trekked quite some distance from the glider. The
chopper immediately picked him up and took him
to a Santiago hospital for a medical checkup.
He looked to be in very good shape, Putaendo
fire chief Patricio Gallardo told state
television, expressing great emotion at having
successfully concluded the search and rescue operation. EFE
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