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Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by buzkidOnline(op): 6:21pm On Jan 23, 2019
Channel Islands Air Search chief officer John Fitzgerald has said there is "no hope" of finding missing Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala and a pilot alive.

The striker and his pilot were in the plane that vanished on Monday night on his way to Cardiff.

Sala was heading to the Welsh capital aftersigning for the Bluebirds from French club Nantes in a £15m deal.

The single-engine plane left Nantes, north-west France, at 19:15 on Monday and had been flying at 5,000ft (1,500m) over the Channel Islands when it contacted Jersey air traffic control requesting descent.

It lost contact while at 2,300ft (700m) and disappeared off radar near the Casquets lighthouse, infamous among mariners as the site of many shipwrecks, eight miles (13km) north-west of Alderney.

Police said the search to find the Argentine striker, 28, and Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle, Lincolnshire, was ongoing.

The pilot of the Piper Malibu aircraft has been named a Dave Ibbotson, a 60-year-old British father of three.

Sala reportedly sent a WhatsApp voice message to family.

Sounding conversational and jokey, he said he was "so scared".

MySportDab report Channel Islands Air Search chief officer Mr Fitzgerald said: "Sadly, I really don't think, personally, there is any hope.

"At this time of year the conditions out there are pretty horrendous if you are actually in the water."

See more;https://www.mysportdab.com/2019/01/emiliano-sala-hope-for-missing-cardiff.html

Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by shutto: 6:46pm On Jan 23, 2019
So sad....


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Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by Freshman54(m): 6:46pm On Jan 23, 2019
Ok
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by dynicks(m): 6:46pm On Jan 23, 2019
No hope you say?" chai! God!!

Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by freemanbubble: 6:46pm On Jan 23, 2019
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Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by Cutefergieee: 6:46pm On Jan 23, 2019
Ok
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by Kumcvb: 6:46pm On Jan 23, 2019
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Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by sukerefakere(m): 6:46pm On Jan 23, 2019
Too bad
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by Jaymaxxy(m): 6:46pm On Jan 23, 2019
Quite unfortunate
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by VLongstrider(m): 6:47pm On Jan 23, 2019
God this is so sad. Sala was just beginner to enjoy a truly illustrious career. got signed for a club record fee and he's not even played a single match for them. so
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by forayfleo(m): 6:47pm On Jan 23, 2019
Chinikemeeeee
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by StFrankeinstein(m): 6:47pm On Jan 23, 2019
It is well
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by enemyofprogress: 6:49pm On Jan 23, 2019
These kidnappers will not go unpunished
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by landmark86: 6:49pm On Jan 23, 2019
60yrs old pilot
Is this man not to old to fly a jet?
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Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by SalamRushdie: 6:49pm On Jan 23, 2019
hmmmm even though all physical evidence might suggest no hope of finding a survival all hope must not be lost till their corpse are recovered ...We all remember how western divers brought in to rescue the Sunken Nigerians ship JASCON 4 3 days after the ship sank said there was no hope of finding anyone alive at that time but were shocked to find a Nigerian cook under the water in good health and not a scratch ..


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Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by egojeny1(f): 6:50pm On Jan 23, 2019
Chai! So unfortunate.
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by AbujaBlue: 6:50pm On Jan 23, 2019
You're welcome, OP.

Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by Randy100: 6:50pm On Jan 23, 2019
That guy is gone.
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by eyoohood(m): 6:50pm On Jan 23, 2019
The hope of finding sala alive is very slim now
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by dust144(m): 6:51pm On Jan 23, 2019
Let me see if i can Skype him from my village calabash...chai e go hard o
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by ufojude: 6:52pm On Jan 23, 2019
Na wa! wetin man go talk :x
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by tonididdy(m): 6:55pm On Jan 23, 2019
What happens to the transfer fee now?
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by KevMitnick: 6:55pm On Jan 23, 2019
May the wishes of our haters not succeed in our times of promotion. Dear Lord. I pray he is found.
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by CharlesJok3r: 6:58pm On Jan 23, 2019
I don't think they will ever be found dead or alive
Worst thing that can ever happen to a business. Big financial loss for Cardiff City fc.

Every year many aircraft goes missing and they are nevered found again. I think it should be mandatory for flyers to have a personal GPS installed on their bodies. Whether short or long distance travel.
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by Ccagoke: 6:59pm On Jan 23, 2019
So sad.
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by Tunasco4u(m): 7:05pm On Jan 23, 2019
OK
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by kayusely70(m): 7:07pm On Jan 23, 2019
His agent shouldnt have hired a light, single engine plane to fly him in the extremely cold and icy weather, the plane was over 30 years old and notoriously prone to crashes, may his soul rest in peace.
Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by bosmann11: 7:09pm On Jan 23, 2019
Its quite pathetic this is happening......
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Re: Emiliano Sala: 'No Hope' For Missing Cardiff City Striker by Isobug: 7:10pm On Jan 23, 2019
So sad

What a way to disappear from this earth. In search of greener pastures. God let there be hope please
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