BREAKING: Plane of Missing Soccer Player Emiliano Sala Is Found in the English Channel

The wreckage of the plane that vanished with the footballer Emiliano Sala on board has been found within hours of a search starting in the sea off the Channel Islands.

A search boat hired privately by Sala’s Argentinian family – thanks partly to a crowdfunding appeal – located the wreckage on Sunday morning.

The crew passed the details of the location on to government investigators, who used a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) to examine the spot.

There was no immediate official confirmation of what was found but the shipwreck specialist leading the private investigation, David Mearns, said the plane had been discovered.

No information about whether any bodies were in the plane was given. Two seat covers from the aircraft washed up last week on the coast of France.

UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) will probably make a statement on Monday.

The Piper Malibu N264DB carrying 28-year-old Sala and the pilot, David Ibbotson, 59, disappeared over the Channel on 21 January after leaving Nantes in France at about 7.15pm for Cardiff.

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Dis is really heartbreaking... Jus wen he seemed to have made his big break and step up in life and career..

Rest in paradise bro!

RIP Man!!!!.......no one really knows what tomorrow will bring

RIP

waooooooooooo- it is so sad a young player will go in this manner

Country that works.

dead men tell no tales

Country that works.

Rip

K

It is well o. May his soul find peace. At least his family can rest now

OK

RIP

So painful.....

RIP

Na wa. Rest well.

life is not fair... i wish he knew he will die like this, he would have stayed back in Nantes or, board a big public boeing plane and sit his arse in first class ....... na wa for this life sha... live everyday as the best people, there are no guarantees

May God gives the family courage to overcome this great lose.

nNEOo:
Country that works.

Which country that works?
It was a private search crowdfunded by mostly former teammates and football lovers.

Today

So sad

ogbonti:
life is not fair... i wish he knew he will die like this, he would have stayed back in Nantes or, board a big public boeing plane and sit his arse in first class ....... na wa for this life sha... live everyday as the best people, there are no guarantees

Yea, you right. That is why no one should feel too proud and look down on others, and no one should feel too intimidated and underrate himself/herself.

There is no wealth, talent, fame or whatever a man possesses in life that is not by grace, not because you better than others.

No man should ever overate himself more than he is, for all is man with his breath in his nostrils.

Nature will always remind us all we are humans and the same thing afterall.

How I wish a fish could have swallowed them just like Jonah and vomited them alive... However, great for the finding...

Nice

Hopefully, their bodies will be found too