Search continues for missing pilot after Durban crash

THE National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) remains committed to continuing the search operation for missing aerobatic pilot Andrew Blackwood-Murray who has been missing since his light aircraft crashed into the sea off Durban's Battery Beach two weeks ago.

- THOBEKA NGEMA

Blackwood-Murray, 61, was performing in an air show when the incident happened on August 14. Parts of the aircraft have been recovered; however, Blackwood-Murray remains missing.

NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon said: “Any search for a missing person is regarded as an ongoing search. As much as from what we've seen, people would like to say the search has been called off, a search like this is never called off. Its an ongoing investigation,” Lambinon explained.

Lambinon said it is no different to incidents that happened, in some cases, years ago.

“It doesn’t mean that we're not still on the lookout for anything that can help the family with closure. For anything that can help in the ongoing investigation,” Lambinon said.