It was the 14th day that Emiliano Sala's plane had disappeared

Saturday, January 19, the Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala lived his happiest hours as a professional: he signed his contract with the City of Cardiff Premier League, becoming the largest purchase in the history of the 39, Welsh team.

A few hours later, he flew back to Nantes with the idea of ​​closing the last details of his personal life in the French city after four years of residence.

On Monday, January 21, while he was preparing to return to Cardiff with the idea of ​​doing his first workout with the entity that had paid 17 million euros for his file, the plane that had brought him had disappeared for reasons still unknown.

• January 21 at 12:00 (GMT): Emiliano Sala publishes for the last time on Instagram a photo of his former colleagues Nantes to say goodbye before leaving for Cardiff.

• January 21 at 19:15: Departure from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cardiff aboard a Piper PA-46 Malibu, a private plane rented the days before by intermediaries of his transfer. During the flight, he keeps the last contact with his friends by a message on his mobile phone.

• January 21 at 8:30 pm: the radar located in the control tower of the island of Jersey last viewed the plane when it was near the lighthouse Les Casquets, a rocky area located at northwest of Alderney. A few minutes earlier, he had requested an emergency descent to Guernsey.

• January 21 at 9:00 pm: Search and Rescue begins with two helicopters and lifeboats from the Guernsey and Alderney Islands.

• January 22 at 2:00: they suspend the search for the first time due to bad weather conditions. They resumed six hours later.

• January 23, 4:55 pm: It is confirmed that Emiliano Sala was traveling only with a pilot named David Ibbotson.

• Jan. 24 at 1:20 pm: Walk on the small uninhabited island of Burhou – located a few miles from Alderney – as a result of a false alarm.

• Jan. 24 at 3:15 pm: The Guernsey Police Department publishes for the last time an official part informing the determination to suspend the "active" search of the aircraft. "The chances of survival at this stage are extremely low," they warned after traveling more than 1700 km 2 in four days of treatment.

• January 26 at 17:00: a French inhabitant finds a cushion similar to the part of an airplane seat located on the banks of Surtainville. The next day, another person finds a similar object in this area as well.

• January 30 at 14:00: the British branch of air accident investigations (AAIB) – in charge of the official investigation – announces the discovery of two cushions that "would" probably Piper PA-46 Malibu (patent N264DB).

• January 30 at 16:00: the British government announces that it officially reopens the search for the plane.

• February 3rd at 8 am: the private ship "Morven" and the official ship "Geo Ocean III" arrive in the Channel area to start raking.

• February 3 at 9:15 pm: David Mearns, head of the private search, reports in his official story the discovery of the plane in the depths of the Channel. "It was located early this morning," he said. It is about 40 kilometers from the island of Guernsey.

Source: Infobae

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