Pilot rescued after Channel ditch
Updated on 28 June 2009
A pilot was rescued in his lifejacket after a light aircraft ditched in the English Channel, coastguards have said.
The plane, which did not have any passengers, came down after suffering reported engine failure off the south Kent coast.
A Dover Coastguard spokesman said: "At 3pm this afternoon we received a call from Lydd Airport air traffic control reporting a light aircraft with engine failure eight miles south east of Lydd."
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