Two survivors found after plane plunges into Mediterranean

Rescuers have so far found two survivors after a plane with six people aboard plunged into the sea today near Corsica.

The French air force said rescue officials had spotted the Cessna plane in the waters near Porto, Corsica and that at least two of those aboard were alive.

With rescue operations ongoing, their condition, and the fate of the others, was not immediately clear.

The Cessna’s pilot had radioed air traffic controllers to say the plane’s engine had malfunctioned and that he planned to try an emergency landing at sea. Shortly afterward the plane disappeared from radar screens.

Rescue services, including helicopters, a plane and a Navy boat, were mobilised.

The craft took off from Propriano on Corsica and had planned to head to Cannes on the French mainland.