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