h ttps:// www .bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-46954922Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala was on a light aircraft which went missing over the Channel Islands.
The £15m Argentine striker, 28, was one of two people on board the Piper Malibu which lost contact off Alderney in the Channel Islands on Monday night.
Cardiff City, which signed Sala from French club Nantes in a record deal on Saturday, said it was "very shocked".
Guernsey Police said there was "no trace" of the Cardiff-bound flight and has suspended the search for the night.
"We have found no signs of those on board," the force tweeted.
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The plane lost contact while at 2,300ft and disappeared off radar near the Casquets lighthouse, infamous among mariners as the site of many shipwrecks, eight miles (13km) north-west of Alderney.
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"This morning, the French research started with one French national navy ship and one aircraft. The investigation will determine which authority will take the lead on the research."
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The Met Office said conditions were not "too intense" at the time the aircraft went missing but had become wetter and windier later in the evening.
John Fernandez, a reporter for BBC Guernsey, said it was a difficult area to search.
"A number of search vessels are out searching the area. It's known for its strong currents - there are a number of shipwrecks," he added.
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"The search area is absolutely massive at the moment. They're searching a number of different spots at the moment - they're not sure whereabouts this plane might have gone down."
Well, the Channel (the piece of sea between France and UK) is not so huge and certainly closely and highly monitored. So it would make sens to know exactly where the plane disappeared.
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