The island’s mayor, Eleftherios Papakalodoukas, said that the firefighters conducting the search informed him that they found it impossible that Dr. Michael Mosley, the journalist who disappeared on Symi, was still there. Mr Papakalodoukas believes it is possible Dr Mosley either “followed another path” or fell into the sea.

“It’s a very small, controlled area, full of people. So if something had happened to him there, we would have found him by now,” he told BBC News.

The rescue operation for journalist Michael Mosley is focused on the Pedi area of ​​the island, as a woman saw him there on Wednesday, as the island’s deputy mayor Ilias Chaskas told BBC News.

He added that the area was considered dangerous, but stressed that Dr Mosley was located in a safe part of the road.

An appeal saying he was missing was posted to a local Facebook group on Wednesday, along with a photo of Dr Mosley wearing a blue hat, polo shirt and shorts.

In the place where he lived with his wife, who reported him missing, the phone of the 67-year-old Englishman was found journalist whose traces have been missing since yesterday.

Since the morning, intensive searches have been carried out using drones on land and sea in Symi, to locate the well-known and award-winning BBC journalist, who is on the island on vacation.

The area where Dr Mosley is believed to have walked to return to Glass on foot is impassable and dangerous in parts, according to the fire service.

According to the mayor of Symi, a helicopter is arriving from Athens to the island to help with the investigations.

The disappearance

It is recalled that this morning the journalist’s wife reported the 67-year-old missing to the police and the search for him immediately began. In addition to the police and the Coast Guard, a volunteer group, the Fire Department, and as mentioned above, a drone is being used and soon a specially trained dog will be transferred to the island to assist in the investigations.

According to the fire department, an operation is underway to locate the journalist in the area of ​​Agios Nikolaos in Symi. 6 firefighters with 1 vehicle and the “IKAROS” (drone) team of Rhodes are operating, as assistance to ELAS. Membership is provided by a volunteer group of the municipality of Symi.