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Air Search to buy new aircraft

CHANNEL Islands Air Search will buy a new plane to replace its downed aircraft.

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CHANNEL Islands Air Search will buy a new plane to replace its downed aircraft.

The Lions' Pride crashed in Jersey during a search mission early last month after the tanks it was using ran out of fuel.

CIAS began reviewing the options as to how to get the lifeboats' 'eyes in the sky' flying again as quickly as possible.

It now says it believes the most cost-effective way is to buy a new aircraft.

CIAS founder Roger Dadd said the decision was reached after five weeks of 'exhaustively looking at' all the options.

'As the engineering inspection of the Lions' Pride continued, it became increasingly apparent that the complexity of the repairs meant it was a borderline decision whether to repair the aircraft or not.'

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