They found Emiliano Sala's plane in the English Channel

After the start of the underwater search of the plane that was carrying the Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala, who disappeared two weeks ago on the English Channel, the private British authorities confirmed that they had found the right one. plane.

"The wreckage of the plane that led to Emiliano Sala and flown by David Ibbotson was found early this morning by FPV MORVEN – the research vessel." As agreed with the AAIB – an entity that investigates air accidents – the GEO OCEAN III moved to the position that allowed them to visually identify the aircraft by ROV, confirmed David Mearns , his Twitter account, responsible for the company engaged by the player's family to resume research.

"The families of Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson have been notified by the police.The AAIB will make a statement tomorrow and tonight our only thoughts are with the families and friends of Emiliano and David ", he added.

At the beginning of the day, he had left the port of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands under British jurisdiction, the ship commanded by David Mearns, who directs the private sweep, and the ship Geo Ocean III, which brought the United Kingdom after accepting the official request of the Argentine government to resume its operations.

Searches for the first three days were conducted by the British Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), but were later discontinued. The family raised more than 300,000 euros and opened a private investigation.

At the request of the Sala family, the Argentine government officially asked the British authorities to resume public research and the answer was affirmative.

After exhausting air and ground search, it was decided to launch marine exploration to find the plane lost. Until now, only cushions have been discovered on the seats that appeared on a beach near Surtainville, in the French Cotentin peninsula, last Monday, a week after the disappearance of the plane.

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