The device was found at the end of a relief operation that mobilized nearly 1,000 people and lasted more than thirty hours.
Le Monde with AFP
They went Thursday from Reykjavik Airport, Iceland, for a flight that was to last two hours. Four people have found death in the crash of their small plane Thursday, confirmed the authorities of the country on Monday, February 7th. Among the victims are US Youtubeur 22 years old Josh Neuman , which had more than one million subscribers, according to a source close to the file and the Icelandic media.
A Belgian is also among the victims: Nicola Bellavia, also known for his travel images on YouTube and Instagram networks. The accident also cost their pilot’s life, an Icelandic 49, and a 27-year-old Dutch.
A relief operation of more than thirty hours
At the end of a relief operation that mobilized nearly 1,000 people, and lasted more than thirty hours, Cessna 172 was found on Saturday at the bottom of Lake ThingVallavatn, east of Reykjavik, several dozens of meters deep. The four bodies could only be localized on Sunday night, using a remote-controlled submarine.
“The bodies are located at relative proximity, about 300 meters from the aircraft, at the bottom of the lake,” said Local Police manager, Oddur Arnason. According to the police, it appears to be established that the occupants are voluntarily out of the plane after he had fallen into the water. But the place of the accident is about one kilometer from the shore, in a water between 0 degrees Celsius and 1 degree, where float ice blocks. The research operation is the largest conducted in Iceland since 2017.
Josh Neuman held a YouTube channel with more than 1.18 million subscribers. In particular, he had a sensation in December with The video of A skateboard descent in the Austrian Alps , pictures viewed more than 7.8 million times on the platform.