Mystery still shrouds the disappearance of the ill-fated Piper Lance which disappeared on 3 December 1995. But the many questions raised by the families of the six men, including pilot Carmel Bartolo, may soon be answered.
At the outset I wish to record my pleasure that a Journalist and Author of your status has taken an interest in our family tragedy.
In putting together background information I have taken the following from my files, they are numbered in sequence with comments and explanations.
Three and a half years after the setting up of a commission of inquiry to look into the disappearance of a missing Piper Lance plane with six men on board, the prospect of a conclusion yesterday became a tangible likelihood rather than a remote possibility
Translation of article in Lehen Is-Sewwa on Saturday 22nd August 1998