New video released by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) gives a bird’s-eye view of rugged snow-covered terrain in Valley County where the search continues for a missing airplane. Teams expanded their search area Wednesday for the California plane that went missing Sunday.
This video comes from one of the helicopters being used in the search. There are five aircraft searching for the missing Beech Bonanza, including two Idaho Army National Guard helicopters. In all, 60 people are looking for the plane.
In a news release, ITD notes that the Civil Air Patrol is using “forward-looking infrared radar” to aid in the search. This equipment detects ground temperatures and can pick up anything strange, like sunlight reflecting off metal.
California software executive Dale Smith was piloting the Beech Bonanza when he reported engine trouble. He took off Sunday from eastern Oregon with four family members en route to Butte, Mont.
Smith asked for coordinates for a landing strip near the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness 150 miles northeast of Boise.
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