One occupant of the plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson has been seen in the underwater wreckage.

A search on Sunday found the Piper Malibu plane on the seabed off Guernsey, almost two weeks after it went missing.

The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed the sighting on Monday morning.

It added it was now considering the next steps.

The "substantial amount of wreckage" of the plane, which went missing on 21 January, was found on Sunday morning after a privately-funded search was started.

The flight was carrying Argentine striker Sala and pilot David Ibbotson from Nantes, north west France, to Cardiff after Sala completed his £15m move to Cardiff City.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47118340



Photo 1: Photograph of plane underwater taken by submersible operated by the The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)

Photo 2: Site of wreckage

Photo 3: AAIB's Geo Ocean III Ship, which is now handling the retrieval of the wreckage

Photo 4: FPV Morven, equipped with specialist sonar to sweep the seabed. It found the wreckage.


(Photos: Sky News, Daily Mail)

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Dayum

Finally they found the plane but the people go don die already naa......

Reacting to the news that the plane has been found, Emiliano heartbroken father has revealed his anguish after the plane carrying the footballer was found on the seabed of the English Channel.

A private search team discovered the wreckage on Sunday morning of the Piper Malibu aircraft carrying Sala and pilot David Ibbotson.

Horacio Sala told Cronica TV in Argentina: "I can not believe it. This is a dream. A bad dream. I'm desperate.

"I communicated with them every day, but since I do not have Whatsapp it's hard to call them or call me.

"They told me that the days passed and there was no news of Emiliano or the plane."

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/emiliano-salas-heartbroken-father-reacts-13949380

Photo 1: Horacio Sala reacts to news of find.

Photo 2 and 3: Emiliano and family.

Very sad. Hopefully there'll be some closure now.

what a loss

I don't know why this is paining me as if he was my brother