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Tourism plane missing in France with six onboard
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-13 02:12

PARIS - A plane got missing near French Corsica island on Monday with six persons on board, whose nationalities were unknown for now, the French Air Force confirmed to Xinhua.

The light plane, Cessna 210, reported an engine failure to the control tower of Aix in Provence, in southeast France, after its take-off from south Corsica island on Monday afternoon, an air force spokesman said.

The jet asked for an emergency landing on the water of gulf Porto near Corsica, however, no landing was detected by the air force or by the control tower after the plane lost contacts with the land.

The coordination and searching center of the air force has sent out helicopters to find the missing plane, and the navy force in southern French coastal city of Toulon has also dispatched vessels to join the search.

The searching is undertaking, the French Air Force said, adding that the nationalities of the passengers on the plane, which was heading to Cannes, are still unknown.