Desperate hunt for Jay Slater: Brit, 19, goes missing in Tenerife after calling friends from remote mountain range saying he was lost and needed water following three-day rave festival - as his mother flies out to join the search

The parent of a British teen who went missing aft getting mislaid successful a Tenerife nationalist parkland yesterday said she is 'beside herself with worry' successful her archetypal comments since touching down successful the Canary Islands today.

Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle successful Lancashire, travelled to the Canary Islands for this past weekend's 'New Rave Generation' (NRG) euphony festival with pal Lucy Mae and different person past week. 

But the 19-year-old was reported missing yesterday greeting by Lucy erstwhile helium went missing pursuing an effort to trek backmost to his accommodation done a nationalist parkland from the flat of radical helium had met connected a nighttime retired connected Sunday. 

Lucy told however she received a panicked telephone from Jay connected Monday greeting astir 8:30am successful which helium said his telephone was connected 1 per cent charge, helium was lost, and needed a drink. 

Speaking from the southbound of the land wherever her lad had been staying, parent Debbie said: 'I've lone been successful Tenerife for astir 10 minutes and I've conscionable had a speedy chat with idiosyncratic from the British Embassy.

'I'm evidently beside myself with interest which is wherefore I've flown retired present with my eldest lad to bash thing we tin to help.

'We're conscionable praying the constabulary oregon idiosyncratic finds Jay. I cognize there's a upland rescue squad retired and a helicopter.

'Nothing's ever going to beryllium capable erstwhile your youngest son's gone missing but it sounds arsenic if the constabulary present are taking this precise earnestly and doing the champion occupation they can.'

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Debbie added: 'He'd been astatine a three-day festival truthful helium would person consumed a just spot of intoxicant but Jay was snapchatting with friends earlier helium went missing and seemed precise compos mentis.

'I conscionable deliberation it was a question of him not knowing the land good capable due to the fact that it was his archetypal clip present and being a spot disorientated erstwhile it came to distances and not realising it was a 10-hour locomotion from wherever helium went missing to his vacation accommodation.

'I cognize the past spot helium spoke to his person Lucy from was successful the mountains and I deliberation the constabulary person got a much precise determination now.'

Debbie besides told however twisted Brits with 'northern accents' had been phoning her with hidden numbers and claiming they had her lad captive and were keeping him due to the fact that helium owed them money.

She said: 'Some of the telephone calls I've been getting person been horrible. I conscionable don't cognize wherefore radical would privation to bash things similar this.

'I've been getting tons of prank calls. It's sickening. People ringing maine and saying they've got Jay due to the fact that helium owes them money.

'But it's not putting maine disconnected and I privation to support this successful the quality due to the fact that it's going to summation the chances of Jay being recovered harmless and good which is evidently what we're praying for.'

Jay was past heard from aboriginal Monday greeting erstwhile helium called Lucy to accidental helium was trying to locomotion backmost from the apartment, having been incapable to drawback a bus. 

Lucy recounted however a confused Jay told her that his telephone artillery was connected 1 per cent, that helium needed a portion of h2o and 'didn't cognize wherever helium was'.

His telephone past died astir 8:50am, with his past known determination registered successful the 'Rural de Teno' parkland - a mountainous country that is fashionable with hikers but precise exposed and acold distant from heavy populated centres. 

Lucy is present starring a frantic hunt effort, with Jay's parent Debbie and member Zak flying retired to articulation her. 

Police meantime said they were doing 'everything they could' to assistance find Jay.  

Lucy and Jay's household are present frightened for his beingness and person launched a hopeless rescue effort. 

The past known determination registered by his telephone appeared to spot the teen adjacent to the PR-TF51 hiking trail, respective 100 feet supra the tiny colony of Masca. 

But determination person been nary reported sightings of the teen from hikers.  

Speaking to the Manchester Evening News astir Jay's disappearance, a frightened Lucy said: 'He's gone connected a nighttime out, he's gone to a friend's house, idiosyncratic that helium has met connected holiday. 

'One of the radical helium has met has hired a car retired of here, truthful he's driven them backmost to his flat and Jay has gone determination not realising however acold distant it is.

'He's ended up retired successful the mediate of nowhere. Jay was evidently reasoning helium would beryllium capable to get location from there.

'But past successful the greeting he's acceptable disconnected walking, utilizing his Maps connected his telephone and ended up successful the mediate of mountains with thing around. 

'He rang maine astatine astir 8 o'clock successful the greeting saying his telephone was connected 1 per cent, helium said ''I don't cognize wherever I am, I request a portion and my telephone is astir to die''.'

Temperatures successful Tenerife peaked astatine 26 degrees C yesterday. 

Lucy said she is frantically searching for her person connected the island, having made respective reports to section constabulary successful Tenerife and made interaction with the British Embassy.

A Civil Guard spokeswoman successful Tenerife contiguous said the unit was moving hard to find Jay.

'A specializer Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group called the Greim person been mobilised,' she said.

'A constabulary chopper is besides retired and focusing connected the country astir the colony of Masca.

'Other exigency services including firefighters person besides been mobilised. Everything imaginable is being done to effort to find the missing man.'

Police reportedly dispatched a upland rescue squad to the country yesterday, but they are yet to person recovered immoderate hint of the missing teen. 

Lucy added that she has spoken to the radical with whom Jay was staying connected Sunday night. 

She said the claimed the teen had near their flat astatine astir 8am Monday greeting to 'catch a bus', but gave nary further information. 

'I've ne'er been truthful disquieted successful my life. I was determination each yesterday, a beauteous woman messaged maine connected Facebook and said she had hired a car and would thrust maine up there', Lucy added.

'We were determination each of yesterday, we were driving astir looking astir everywhere, looking successful each the nooks and crannies.'

Jay was past seen wearing a achromatic t-shirt with shorts and trainers. He was besides believed to beryllium carrying a achromatic bag.

A spokesperson for a determination exigency coordination centre said: 'The Civil Guard are coordinating this cognition due to the fact that they're liable for investigations involving missing people.

'We're acting arsenic enactment to them and they're the ones who are asking for much resources arsenic and erstwhile they consciousness they're needed.

'The Civil Guard is progressive arsenic good arsenic firefighters and Civil Protection workers who person 2 drones.

'Yesterday a determination authorities chopper was mobilised but contiguous it's a Civil Guard chopper arsenic good arsenic the Greim upland specializer team.

'The alert astir this missing youngster was received astatine 4 minutes past 9am yesterday and the hunt began soon aft and went connected into the night.

'My knowing is this antheral has subsequently been formally reported arsenic missing to the police.'

A FCDO spokesperson told MailOnline: 'We are supporting the household of a British antheral who has been reported missing successful Spain and are successful interaction with the section authorities.'