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The pilot did not signal any problems with the aircraft and did not issue a distress call in the recordings reviewed by The Times.

Mr Inman added that air traffic control attempted to contact the pilot several times but received no response or distress call.

The Sheriff’s Department received a distress call at 3:45 p.m., but Curtis was already dead by the time deputies arrived, according to sheriff’s spokesperson Elise Soviar.

After more than 30 hours without receiving a distress call, the Coast Guard announced it had paused the search.

The pilots sent a distress call around the time Russian air defense was responding to a Ukrainian drone attack.