29 Mar 2014

Searchers trying to work out plane's route

7:33 am on 29 March 2014

Rescue teams searching for a missing plane around the Coromandel Peninsula are trying to establish which route the pilot may have taken.

The home-built aerobatic bi-plane and its 53-year-old pilot left the Ardmore airfield on Tuesday morning and there has been no sign of them since.

On Friday, an Air Force helicopter completed a search along the eastern side of the peninsula.

Search mission coordinator Dave Wilson said they are trying to build a picture of possible routes the plane may have taken.

Mr Wilson said the search is being reviewed to see if there are any other areas which need investigation.