The image, according to comments, is of the crashed plane in flight.The three occupants of a light plane which disappeared after losing contact with the control tower at Tenerife's north airport this afternoon, have been found semi-conscious, but alive and is being heralded as a miracle.
The plane lost contact with the control tower at Los Rodeos at 13.52 hours. At the time they lost contact there was intense fog over the area.
The plane came down in the area of the Montaña de Joco (1,964 m), an area of dense forest, in the district of La Orotava and not in the area of La Esperanza, as was originally reported. It is still not known if the pilot attempted to land where he could, or if the plane crashed, but it was found to be much more intact than was expected, on some pines, among the skirts of Mount Teide.
They'd taken off at 12.38 and had filed a flight plan of roughly one hour and, according to that plan, were headed for the south. The plane was flying over Tenerife and had left the Teno area, when it encountered the fog.
One of the three occupants, a woman, was evacuated from the scene by helicopter and taken to the Hospital Universitario de Canarias, while the other two were taken by road, once mountain rescue teams were able to reach them, as weather conditions - dense fog, rain and strong winds - obliged rescue workers to continue the rescue on land. It also appears from this report that a Guardia Civil Jeep turned over while on its way to support the evacuation work.
The pilot (29), who has suffered multiple injuries and the other male occupant (27), are brothers who hail from the district of El Rosario, Tenerife. The three, two men and one woman, all aged 30 and under, are not in danger, although they all have serious injuries and are in a grave condition.
The plane, a single-engine Piper PA-28 (described as a "Ford Anglia with wings"), call sign EC-DSD (more images), belonged to the Real Aeroclub de Tenerife (Tenerife Royal Flying Club.)
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