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Search for plane missing since 1978 finds nothing at West Coast lake

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A search operation conducted on Wednesday at Lake Moeraki on New Zealand's West Coast failed to locate a Piper Cherokee aircraft that has been missing since 1978. Dive teams and sonar technology were deployed to investigate specific targets identified on the lakebed in hopes of resolving the decades-old disappearance.

The mission represents a renewed effort to uncover the fate of the small plane, which vanished during a flight in the region over 45 years ago. Despite the use of specialized equipment to scan the underwater environment, the search concluded without finding any evidence of the aircraft.

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