Plane missing over Irish Sea

FEARS increased last night for the safety of a couple whose light aircraft disappeared over the Irish Sea.

Plane missing over Irish Sea

Emergency air and sea rescue services in Ireland and Britain will today resume the search for the Piper Apache single engine aircraft, which only had fuel to stay airborne for four hours.

A man and woman on board left Weston Aerodrome in Dublin yesterday morning but the plane’s last radar sighting was at 12.30pm on the Welsh side of the George’s Channel.

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