PARIS, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A small plane flying from the UK has vanished over the English Channel, prompting a search for debris.
The plane, thought to be a PA-28, went missing on a journey from Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, to Le Touquet, France, at around midday on Saturday.
The French Coastguard said the plane – which was carrying two people – was the subject of a “worrying disappearance”.
It asked vessels travelling in the Channel to look out for debris. The search resumed on Sunday.
Two French aircraft and a boat were engaged in the search on Saturday, with a UK aircraft also attempting to trace the whereabouts of the missing plane.
The searches were suspended overnight and resumed on Sunday. — NNN-AGENCIES