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Search for pilot after aircraft crashes in Channel | |
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British and French emergency teams are searching for the pilot of a plane which crashed into the English Channel. | |
The American-registered plane carrying one person came down about 15 miles off Dungeness in Kent at about 14:30 BST. | The American-registered plane carrying one person came down about 15 miles off Dungeness in Kent at about 14:30 BST. |
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said a French helicopter had found the wreckage of the light aircraft. | |
The alarm was raised after the plane, which was heading from Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire to Le Touquet in northern France, was overdue. | |
The RNLI said on Twitter: "The main wreckage has been found, the search continues for the pilot." | |
The incident happened four miles inside UK waters and the search and rescue operation is being led by British authorities assisted by the French. | |
An MCA spokesman said: "The search and rescue helicopter from RAF Wattisham has now joined in with the search, along with the Dungeness RNLI lifeboat, and three French vessels." | |