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		</div><p>An air and sea search has been launched after a plane disappeared from radar in the English Channel.</p>
<p>Rescue teams were scrambled to waters north of Alderney after the light aircraft vanished on Monday evening, Guernsey Police said.</p>
<p>“A search and rescue operation is currently underway off the north of Alderney after a light aircraft disappeared from radar several hours ago,” the force said.</p>
<p>“Two helicopters alongside the Guernsey and Alderney lifeboats are searching for it.”</p>
<p>The Alderney lifeboat said it launched at 8.50pm on Monday night.</p>
<p>At that time there were some showers around, but nothing too intense</p>
<p>According to the BBC, the Piper Malibu with two people on board lost contact near the Casquets lighthouse around eight miles north-west of Alderney at 8.30pm.</p>
<p>The plane is thought to have been travelling from Nantes in Brittany to Cardiff.</p>
<p>HM Coastguard said the incident was not in the UK search and rescue area, although it had sent two helicopters to help.</p>
<p>“HM Coastguard are currently assisting Guernsey Coastguard with a search for a light aircraft off Alderney in the Channel Islands,” a spokeswoman said.</p>
<p>“HM Coastguard helicopters from Solent and Newquay have been helping to search overnight with nothing found.”</p>
<p>The search and rescue operation had to deal with worsening conditions as they scoured the area on Monday night.</p>
<p>“At that time there were some showers around, but nothing too intense. Wind speeds were not too bad – average speeds were around 15 to 20mph,” Met Office meteorologist Mark Wilson said.</p>
<p>“But it has got pretty wet, we’ve seen a band of rain push down from the north-west. That rain set in around 11.30pm to midnight and it’s still raining now.</p>
<p>“It’s also a bit windier, with gusts around 35mph.”</p>
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