What he said about the discovery of the aircraft of Emiliano Sala, one of the leaders of the operation – 03/02/2019

The plane that was heading towards Emiliano Sala was found this Sunday at the bottom of the English Channel, for the joint search operation of submarines between the British authorities and the private team recruited by the family of the Argentine footballer among more than 300 000 euros collected with a collection for this purpose.

David Mearns, one of the leaders of the private search initiated on January 27, confirmed the discovery of the ship and gave the first details by Twitter.

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"The remains of the plane that led to Emiliano Sala and piloted by David Ibbotson they met early this morning by the (ship) FPV Morven. As agreed with the AAIB (UK Air Accident Investigation Branch), they moved the Geo Ocean III to the position we provide them. visually identify the aircraft by means of an ROV "said Mearns, a marine scientist who is called "wreck hunter".

In another message, he said: "The families of Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson They were notified by the police. The AAIB will make a statement tomorrow. Tonight our thoughts are with Emiliano's and David's families and friends. "

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Sala was the only pbadenger on the Piper PA-46 Malibu driven by Ibbotson on Monday, January 21st. The small single engine vessel intended to unite the cities of Nantes (France) and Cardiff (Wales), but disappeared from the radar during the flight over the Channel.

The search had resumed this Sunday morning with the focus on the seabed. Two ships were used with sonars and probes, which worked in coordination.

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There were 7 degrees of temperature and good weather in the raking area, but the sea was rough and with strong currents. They planned to cover the area in 72 hours.

The FPV Morven, which found the remains of the plane, is the ship engaged by the Sala family and the donors, among them several football personalities from Europe, this added in an online collection nearly 369,000 euros to revive the search privately.

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Oceanographer David Mearns and seven other people took charge of the operation. At 3 am on Sunday morning, they went north to search for remains. They had decided to continue the tasks until they found them.

An official search for rescue volunteers from Guernsey had patrolled without success during the first three days of the accident. They suspended the duties because they considered that there was "little chance" that the pbadengers of the plane were alive.

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The Argentine government had asked the British to continue the search and one of the English official ships was thus joining this phase of the operation.