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Medical plane carrying seven people 'crashes' off Senegal

By AFP
Senegal Senegal's civil aviation authority lost contact with the plaane as it was flying over the Atlantic, 111 kilometres west of the capital Dakar.  By Felipe Caicedo AFPFile
SEP 6, 2015 LISTEN
Senegal's civil aviation authority lost contact with the plaane as it was flying over the Atlantic, 111 kilometres west of the capital Dakar. By Felipe Caicedo (AFP/File)

Dakar (AFP) - A medical evacuation plane carrying seven people, including a French patient, crashed off the coast of Senegal, aviation sources said Sunday.

Contact with the twin-engine aircraft flying from Burkina Faso belonging to the private Senegalair company was lost shortly after 7 pm (1900 GMT) on Saturday, as it was flying over the Atlantic, 111 kilometres west of the capital Dakar, Senegal's civil aviation authority said in a statement.

The country's air force was searching the area for the plane, it said.

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