By Peter Allen and Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 13:13 EST, 21 July 2013 | UPDATED: 17:15 EST, 21 July 2013 An air-and-sea search was suspended tonight by British and French rescuers investigating a light aircraft crash in the English Channel, coastguards said. Fading light prompted authorities to call off attempts to find the missing pilot and a decision will be taken tomorrow morning about the next course of action. The American-registered plane carrying one person, its British pilot, crashed about 15 miles off Dungeness in Kent at around 2.30pm. A cross-Channel search and rescue operation was launched involving both English and French teams, including two helicopters and four boats.
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Single-engine plane came down 15 miles off Dungeness in Kent
The incident happened four miles inside @placeholder waters and the search was being co-ordinated by the British with help from the French authorities.