They claim that the plane that was carrying to Sala was "destroyed"

British television channel Sky Sports announced this afternoon that it had found the plane aboard which was the Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala, who has been missing since last Monday, January 21st, after the departure of a flight Nantes-Cardiff.

A research vessel sailing in Channel waters discovered that the plane had been "destroyed at the bottom of the sea," reported the English television channel.

The plane Piper Malibu N264DB was found immersed "in the geographical area where the last contact with the radar took place" by the boat Morven, hired by the family of the player, who follows the alternatives to the rescue maneuvers in the capital. from Wales, in the British Isles.

As the English publication explains, the ship "has returned close" to the island of Guernsey, one of the archipelagos that make up the Channel Islands, when it found the presence of "the fuselage of the machine".

The Sun newspaper noted that "in the next few hours will be towed the remains" of the plane crashed.

The plane was carrying the pilot David Ibbotson (59) and the Santa Fe player (28) on a flight that had left Nantes for Cardiff, where the player was to join the club, after being hired by the Welsh institution. works in the country. Premier League

The official search operation was suspended on Jan. 24, after Guernsey port captain David Barker said the chances of survival after such a long time were "extremely remote".

But privately funded research resumed during the day.

Sala, based in Progreso, Santa Fe, had signed a contract early in the year with Cardiff City, an entity that was paying a record $ 15 million.

Supporters of the Welsh institution paid him Saturday afternoon a small tribute to the Argentinean striker in the engagement that earned him a 2-0 win at Bournemouth on 25 the Premier League.