(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130125-antarctica-7a.photoblog600.jpg)Lynn M. Arnold / National Science Foundation via APA De Havilland Twin Otter like the one missing since Wednesday lands at the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 2003. By John Newland, Staff Writer, NBC NewsBad weather continued to stop rescuers from searching for a Canadian airplane that went missing in Antarctica with three people on board, officials in New Zealand rescue team said Friday.
Though winds, which had been blowing at over 100 mph, had calmed to just over 20 mph by 5 p.m. Friday New Zealand time (11 p.m. ET Thursday), conditions would not allow sighting of the downed twin-engine airplane.
“Visibility is down to (1,300 feet) and the snow is almost horizontal,” Kevin Branaghan, an official with Rescue Coordination Center New Zealand, said in a statement. “The weather is expected to improve slightly after 12-24 hours.”
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