Training plane crashes off Lebanon, search ongoing for two people
Middle East
13 October, 2021, 05:35 pm
Last modified: 13 October, 2021, 05:39 pm
Search and rescue operations are underway after a small training plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the Lebanese coast, in Halat, north of Beirut, Lebanon October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
A small plane crashed into the Mediterranean on Wednesday off the Lebanese coast and rescue workers were searching for the two people on board, a statement by the cabinet said.
The small training aircraft belongs to the Lebanese aviation club and the civil defence team is conducting search and rescue operations, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said on Twitter.
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