Police are to resume the search for missing Dunfermline RAF gunner Corrie McKeague at the Milton landfill site next week (October 23).
The 23-year-old was last seen walking through Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, after a night out with friends.
A five-month search of the landfill site was called off in July after no evidence of his body was found but Suffolk Police said that after rechecking the information available to them, the investigative team concluded the area of the original search “is still the location where there was the highest likelihood of finding Corrie”.
The new extended search of "Cell 22" covers an area of 10,000 sq metres and is predicted to take four to six weeks.
Suffolk Police said: "The nature of waste disposal and its movement is not a precise science, hence the requirement to extend the search."
Mr McKeague, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, was last seen on CCTV at 3.25am on September 24, 2016.
A bin lorry was caught on CCTV near Brentgovel Street in Bury St Edmunds around the time Mr McKeague was last seen.
It took a route which appeared to coincide with the movements of his phone.
The bin lorry linked to Mr McKeague’s disappearance was initially thought to have collected a 24lb (11kg) load, but police said it was later found to be more than 220lb (100kg).
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