In the minutes before the crash the pilot twice requested clearance to descend to maintain visibility

UK

Cardiff

The Channel

Area of

detail

Planned course

at 6,000ft

(1,830 metres)

France

150 km

Nantes

150 miles

180-degree

turn and

descent to

1,600ft

(488 metres)

8.16pm

last radar contact.

The wreckage was found

30 metres away

8.12pm

Requests further

descent

Alderney

Channel

Islands

Guernsey

Jersey

Alters

course

15 km

8.02pm

Pilot requests descent

15 miles

180-degree

turn and

descent to

1,600ft

(488 metres)

8.16pm

last radar contact.

The wreckage was found

30 metres away

UK

Cardiff

8.12pm

Requests further

descent

Alderney

The Channel

Area of

detail

Channel

Islands

Guernsey

Planned course

at 6,000ft

(1,830 metres)

Jersey

Alters

course

France

15 km

150 km

8.02pm

Pilot requests descent

Nantes

150 miles

15 miles