New Pictures Air and sea search launched after light aircraft with two on board goes missing over Channel Islands

An air and sea search has been launched in the Channel Islands for a light aircraft which lost contact at 8.30pm this evening.

The Piper Malibu with two people on board is reported to have lost contact near the Casquets lighthouse at 20:30 GMT, according to the BBC.

The plane is believed to have been travelling from Nantes in France to Cardiff in Wales.

Rescue teams were scrambled to waters north of Alderney after the light aircraft vanished on Monday evening, Guernsey Police said.

'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.

'Two helicopters alongside the Guernsey and Alderney lifeboats are searching for it.' 

The lighthouse on the Casquets rocks, off the coast of Alderney in the Channel Islands

A Piper Malibu light aircraft. A plane of this model is believed to have lost contact at 8.30pm 

The plane lost contact near the Casquets lighthouse off the coast of Alderney

A coastguard rescue helicopter and crews from Alderney and Guernsey RNLI have joined the search in the area around the lighthouse.

A spokesman for Jersey Coastguard told MailOnline the team from Guernsey was conducting the S&R mission, with assistance from the team in Jersey.

The first lighthouse was built off the treacherous Casquets rocks, 13km north-west of Alderney, in 1724.

Three towers lit by coal fires were created to form a distinctive shape which would not be confused by seamen for lighthouses in nearby France. 

The Casquets from the air, showing the lighthouse on the centre island

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