Four Frenchmen, including a 16-year-old teenager, are missing after the crash at sea on Sunday February 16 of a small plane leaving Dominica and going to Guadeloupe, announced Monday the prefecture of Guadeloupe, adding that the searches were continuing .
The aircraft, "Piper type PA 28 model" crashed at sea "around 19:00 (00:00 French time), when it had just taken off from Charles Douglas airport in Dominica," said the prefecture. in a press release.
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Four people were on board: “a 55-year-old couple with their 16-year-old minor son, as well as a 40-year-old man. All are French nationals, ”adds the prefecture. The research, led by CROSS Antilles-Guyane, was launched on Sunday evening, until 3:00 a.m. They were suspended due to bad weather conditions, but "resumed Monday at 6:00 am" . They made it possible to find at sea "a backpack with the passport of two of the occupants and an empty bag carrying the radio indicator of the aircraft".
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