Plane carrying Emiliano Sala & its pilot has been found after underwater search
The plane that was carrying missing Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala has been found, his family has been told.
A search boat located the wreckage on the seabed of the English Channel this morning.
The Piper Malibu N264DB carrying 28-year-old Argentinian Sala and pilot David Ibbotson, 59, disappeared over the Channel on January 21 after leaving Nantes in France for Cardiff.
An official search operation was called off on January 24 after Guernsey’s harbour master Captain David Barker said the chances of survival following such a long period were “extremely remote”.
But a privately funded search for the plane resumed this morning.
Argentinian striker Sala was signed by Cardiff for a club record £15million.
Fans paid tribute yesterday by laying scarfs, daffodils and caps ahead of their clash with Bournemouth, their first home game since Sala vanished. They won 2-0.
