Massive search as coastguard helicopters scour the sea from above
A Spanish Coastguard search and rescue helicopter called Helimer 222 took part in an operation launched yesterday with two coastguard vessels.
One was mobilised from its base in Ibiza with the other instructed to comb the coastline off Formentera, the smallest of the inhabited Balearic Islands.
Civil Guard officers are understood to be conducting a land search.
The air, land and sea operation was expected to continue from first light today, although officials could not be reached early this morning for comment.