Paris, October 12: A light aircraft with six people onboard went missing near the Corsica island off France, officials said Monday.
The nationalities of the missing people were not immediately known, the French Air Force said.
The Cessna 210 plane reported an engine failure to the control tower in Aix in Provence region after takeoff from Corsica, 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.
The air force and the navy have begun a search for the missing plane.
–IANS