HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AFNS) —

Arizona emergency responders recently were able to quickly locate a small plane crash site in northern Arizona, thanks to the work of Civil Air Patrol’s volunteer National Radar Analysis Team.

The plane, a Piper PA-28R-200 Arrow II, single-engine aircraft departed from San Martin, California with two people aboard, crashed on approach to Page Municipal Airport, Page, Arizona.

After the crash, the surviving passenger was able to text a family member but they did not know her location. The family member contacted authorities who contacted the Federal Aviation Administration about the crash. The FAA put out an alert notification to the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center who then requested NRAT’s assistance in the crash-site search.

To determine the end of the aircraft’s radar track, and probable crash location, the NRAT team analyzed and processed millions of raw radar targets down to hundreds, reducing the search area from hundreds of miles to…

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