Police have confirmed receiving a report from witnesses claiming that he and his friend saw a light aircraft believed to have crashed into the sea near Tanjung Bungah, Penang today.

Northeast district police chief ACP Soffian Santong said the two men said that they saw a dark colour plane crashed at about 2pm before informing the authorities for further action.

"Following the report, the police along with several other agencies conducted a search and rescue operation in the sea location. The witnesses claimed they have seen the plane crash but until 6.30pm today we did not find any clues...