Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala was on board a private jet which has gone missing over the English Channel.
Cardiff City Football Club this morning reported 'genuine concerns' for the Argentine striker, who left Nantes in France heading to Cardiff in Wales yesterday evening.
'A search and rescue operation is currently underway off the north of Alderney after a light aircraft disappeared from radar several hours ago,' the force said.
'Two helicopters alongside the Guernsey and Alderney lifeboats are searching for it.'
The Alderney lifeboat said it launched at 8.50pm on Monday night.
A coastguard rescue helicopter and crews from Alderney and Guernsey RNLI have joined the search in the area around the lighthouse.
A spokesman for Jersey Coastguard told MailOnline the team from Guernsey was conducting the S&R mission, with assistance from the team in Jersey.
-Dailymail