Filip and Lars Haukeland are missing after the small plane crashed in the Netherlands – NRK Vestland

The names are released by the police in consultation with relatives.

The plane took off from Bergen on Sunday morning, and is said to have had a stopover in Germany on its way to France.

It is unclear when the plane crashed, but police were notified around 7pm on Sunday. Liquid objects were then observed in the canal, according to the Dutch website nu.nl.

An extensive search operation was launched, and a flight wing and life jackets were found.

There was bad weather in the area around the accident site on the day the accident happened.

Filip Haukeland was in the ninth grade at Storetveit school in Bergen. His class and close friends received extra follow-up.

The school was kept open throughout the day when it became known that a student had been on board the plane. Bergen municipality had a crisis team on standby.

– The relatives want the police to convey that the family wants peace and as little attention as possible, writes Gry Halseth, communications adviser in the West police district, in a press release.

Dutch police: – Do everything we can

Police in the Netherlands told NRK on Wednesday that they are still looking for father and son.

– We do everything we can to find the people and the wreckage, says Therese Ariaans, spokesperson for the national Dutch police to NRK.

The police are searching by boat with sonar, and at the same time are working to find out what caused the plane crash.

Ariaans adds that the search for the two and the remains of the plane is their first priority.

The Dutch Safety Board (Onderzoeksraad), which can be compared with the Accident Investigation Board Norway, confirms to NRK that they are investigating the accident.

– It can take months before we publish a report, and we can not answer questions about the accident while we investigate it, writes spokesperson Simone Klein Haneveld in the Dutch Safety Board.