Airbus jet crashes on test flight

Two people have been killed and five others are missing after an Airbus A320 jet crashed during a test flight after maintenance work, officials have said. The plane went into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of France near Perpignan with two Germans and five New Zealanders on board. Two bodies have been recovered and search crews are looking for the jet's data recorders and the missing people. The plane was leased by Germany's XL Airways from Air New Zealand. Air New Zealand chief executive Rob Fyfe said the cause of the crash was not yet known. France's civil aviation authority said the plane went down as it approached Perpignan airport after an hour-long test flight.