This is the ship that found the plane that was carrying Emiliano Sala

After 14 days of intensive search, the plane that flew David Ibbotson and where he was traveling Emiliano Bedroom He was found in the depths of the Channel by the ship Morven who was hired privately by the family.

Thursday, January 24 Guernsey Police The search for the plane was over: "The chances of survival are extremely low." The news was broadcast via a statement on social networks: "We review all the information we have and we made the difficult decision to end the search", they pointed out then.

This motivated the family to start fundraising to fund private research. With the support of millions of people across the site GoFoundMe This was possible and the Morven inspection vessel, operated by A-2-Sea, was hired and started operating this Sunday.

The boat Morven, built in 1983, has advanced research equipment, which will be used to perform an underwater search of remains in the area of ​​the last radar contact, which occurred around 20:20 GMT on Monday, January 21, near the British island of Guernsey, in the English Channel. A few minutes earlier, he had contacted the control tower to request an emergency landing. The boat is almost 20 meters long, two radars, a sonar and a motion detector, and the researchers, led by David Mearns, they will work with mini-submarines to reach inaccessible areas or cover greater distances.

"Morven is suitable for offshore operations 24 hours a day and is fully equipped with the latest navigation technology, topography and communication. Its highly experienced crew provides comprehensive support to customers, surveyors and scientists in geophysical and other studies in British and European waters, "the company that manages the ship on its website sells its services.

David Mearns, One of the specialists who led the underwater research works for Blue Recovery of water. In your account Twitter he is defined as a "wreck hunter, sea scientist, explorer, award-winning author". "The two ships will work together to find the designated area in the safest, most complete and most efficient way possible," he said.

In just a few hours, the Morven did its job and found the plane in the depths of the Channel, about 40 km from the island of Guernsey.

Sala had been transferred from Nantes to Cardiff for 17 million euros and was traveling to the Welsh capital to join the team 's training when the plane in which he was traveling, accompanied by pilot David Ibbotson, had disappeared from radar while crossing the cbad. La Mancha in the night of January 21st.