Lake Wakatipu search continues

The police national dive squad continues to search for the body of missing American tourist Tyler Nii in Lake Wakatipu.

Detective Senior Sergeant Malcolm Inglis, of Queenstown, said the five-strong squad used sonar equipment to search for Mr Nii yesterday until evening.

Conditions permitting, the operation would resume at 8am today.

The sonar equipment had been deployed on the search for several days, Det Snr Sgt Inglis said.

The 27-year-old tourist and an NZONE Skydive instructor plunged into the lake near Jacks Point after a tandem jump went wrong on January 10.

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