Hunt for missing pilot abandoned after plane crashes into Channel.

By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Jul 2013, 09:36 BST
A search for a missing pilot whose plane crashed in the English Channel has been called off this morning.

The aircraft, which was carrying one person from Hampshire to Le Touquet, came down at around 2.30pm yesterday 15 miles off the coast of Dungeness.

An air-and-sea search operation by Kent and French crews was launched yesterday afternoon, but was stood down at dark.

It was announced this morning the search will not continue.

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A Dover Coastguard spokesman said: “Having taken the advice of the RAF as well as the French rescue authorities, we have decided that we won’t be resuming the search.”

The search was launched yesterday involving both English and French teams, including a French helicopter and the Dungeness RNLI lifeboat.