Body of UAE fund director found
DUBAI. March 31. KAZINFORM The body of the director of the world's largest sovereign wealth fund has been found in Morocco after a five day search, the United Arab Emirates State News Agency reported on Tuesday; Kazinform refers to the Arab News.
The agency declared Sheik Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan dead and his body would be flown home and buried Wednesday. A three day mourning period was declared.
Al Nahyan was a brother of the UAE president and the managing director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of world's largest sovereign wealth funds.
The Moroccan state news agency reported that the body was fished out in late morning in the waters of the Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah hydroelectric dam. More than 100 divers had been deployed to find the body, including Moroccans, Emiratis, French, Spanish and Americans as well as four emergency doctors.
Two royal helicopters, night vision equipment, and a medical helicopter were used as well in the search.
Al Nahyan's glider went down in an artificial Moroccan lake Friday. The pilot of the aircraft was rescued in good condition, but the search for Al Nahyan went on for five days in bad weather; Kazinform cites the Arab News.
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