Jay Slater search teams navigating dangerous Tenerife mountains 'still have hope' they'll find him alive
21.06.2024 - 15:49
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Specialist teams looking for missing teenager Jay Slater in the ‘dangerous’ Tenerife mountains say they ‘still have hope’ he will be found alive. At the search base, Civil Defence teams revealed that so far, they have ‘found nothing’ as they detailed on which areas are being searched in fresh update.
The 19-year-old, from Lancashire, has not been seen or heard from since Monday morning (June 17). He had stayed in an Airbnb rental with two men he met after partying at the NRG festival on Sunday night.
Jay, who is understood to have then left the holiday cottage on Monday morning on foot and alone, called his friend Lucy to say his phone was on just 1 per cent battery.
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The last mobile phone data pinged in a remote mountainous area around half a mile further north from the small village of Masca. As the fifth day of the search continued, which has already seen Civil Guard officers, mountain rescue teams and police drones and helicopters deployed, Civil Defence officers at the search base told the Manchester Evening News that the vast area, split up into three different ravines, is around 30km wide.
One member of the team revealed they are currently carrying out searches in three different areas - the Masca Gorge, La Vica, and Las Portelas, as well as the surrounding Masca area.
Aside from one windy and challenging main road through Masca, there are very little footpaths, with miles of challenging terrain. A member of the specialist search team confirmed drones and police dogs had not been deployed on Friday, therefore making the already challenging search even more difficult.
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