Three crew members, a doctor and two nurses, and the patient were on board (photo:yahoo)

(VOVworld) - A medical evacuation plane with seven people on board, including a French patient, disappeared off the coast of Senegal on Saturday night during a flight from Burkina Faso to Dakar, the Senegalese civil aviation authority said on Sunday.

The plane was carrying three crew members, a doctor and two nurses, and the patient. They included two Algerians and a citizen of Congo, the aviation authority said. The Senegalese military is searching for the plane.