Debris from missing helicopter found by villagers along the coast of Vanuavou Village in Natewa bay

The Fiji Maritime Surveillance Rescue Coordination Centre says debris from the missing helicopter were found early this morning by villagers along the coast near Vanuavou Village at Natewa Bay.

They say the overdue helicopter went down in the Natewa Bay.

The helicopter was on a medical evacuation mission from Naitauba in Lau and was returning to Labasa with 3 people onboard but failed to arrive at the destination.

An aerial search team consisting of CAAF officials from Nadi and the Fiji Police were also conducting searches from this morning.

#SAR (Natewa Bay) Since last night, Command principals of SAR response agencies have been briefed on the latest situation

All SAR teams are now focussed on an area of interest and additional teams are being consolidated to the coastal area N of last known postn #Fiji pic.twitter.com/NDUMuF0mh2

— FMSRCC (@fmsrcc) August 2, 2019

Ground search teams and coastal search parties from the Fiji Police Force, Villagers, RFMF personnel  from Labasa are also on site conducting the search from Korotasere to Saqani from first light this morning.

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