Stunts turn fatal: Pilot, son die in plane crash near Puerto Soller, Spain; investigation underway

A pilot and his 13-year-old son were found dead after their two-seater biplane crashed into the sea off the coast of Mallorca, Spanish police confirmed Sunday.

The Team Rocket F-4 Raider aircraft went down in the Puerto Soller area on Saturday night. According to Spanish media, the plane appeared to be performing aerial stunts before it plunged into the water around 8.20 pm.

Emergency services launched an immediate search, but the victims could not be located during the initial operation. The search resumed at first light on Sunday, with specialist divers deployed to the area.

"At approximately 1 pm.(1100 GMT) specialist divers from the Civil Guard recovered the lifeless bodies of the pilot and his son who accompanied him in a sea which reaches a depth of 30 metres and they have been transferred to the Puerto of Soller," the Spanish Civil Guard said in a statement as cited by Reuters.

Authorities have opened an investigation into the cause of the crash.