A320 Mediterranean crash.
Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 8:04 PM
A plane with seven people aboard crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, a French regional government official told CNN. The Airbus A320 Air New Zealand jet was on a training flight when the crash occurred about 5 p.m. (11 a.m. ET), said the official at the Maritime Prefecture in Toulon, France.
There were no immediate reports of survivors, but rescue efforts involving French navy vessels and a helicopter had been launched. Floating debris had been located, the official said. The test flight took off from Perpignan in southern France, the official said. A civilian vessel saw the crash take place off the coast near Perpignan.