Research
On the site of the presumed point of splashdown promptly intervened another Let L 410 he was running the same route. When he reached the place, the second aircraft found no trace material except a spot of liquid on the surface, probably oil or fuel, which soon dissolved into the water.
Active sea and air searches were called off without finding any trace of the aircraft. On 12 January 2008, 12 km off the coast of Venezuela, some fishermen found themselves the body of a man, after having performed the autopsy, the doctors determined that it was the corpse of the co-pilot, the 37 year-old Osmel Alfredo Avila Otamendi. A short distance from the place of discovery of corpse of co-pilot was found his life vest.
In April 2008, a Venezuelan navy vessel, using a sonar, was able to identify the presumed wreckage of a aircraft located approximately 300 meters deep. The wreckage was recovered but it doesn't belong the aircraft.
In April 2008, all searches were suspended.
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