Hopes fade for missing Tornado jet crash pair Air ground crew work on Tornado planes at RAF Lossiemouth. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Officials say that a search-and-rescue operation to find two people missing after two Tornado jets crashed off the north coast of Scotland has become a recovery mission. Four personnel from RAF Lossiemouth were involved in the incident in which the Tornado GR4s came down in the Moray Firth on Tuesday. A rescue helicopter picked up two people who were taken to hospital in Inverness before continuing to search for the remaining pair. Fred Caygill, a Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesman, said: "The search-and-rescue phase of the mission was terminated at 7.04pm yesterday evening. We are now in a recovery phase. We stand by to assist the Ministry of Defence in any way that we can if required. More details soon ...