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Search under way in English Channel for missing small plane

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File photo of a Piper PA-28 Cherokee aircraft

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 will resume 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 will resume on Sunday.

Map showing Le Touquet and Wellesbourne
The small plane was on a journey between Wellesbourne and Le Touquet in northern France