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A body was found in the debris of the plane carrying footballers from Cardiff City, Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson.
Here is a timeline of events since the plane went unnoticed:
January 21, 2019:
The Piper PA-46 Malibu single-turbine engine leaves Nantes at 19:15 for Cardiff and flies at an altitude of 5,000 feet.
An air and sea search is launched at 20:50 after the disappearance of the radar aircraft in the English Channel.
January 22nd:
The French civil aviation authority confirmed that the 28-year-old Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala, who had just signed for Cardiff City, was on board the light aircraft. David Ibbotson of Crowle near Scunthorpe was flying the plane.
January 24th:
Guernsey port captain David Barker said Sala's and Ibbotson's chances of survival were "extremely remote".
After more than 24 hours of continuous search, with 80 hours combined flight on three aircraft and five helicopters, as well as the aid of two rescue boats, transient boats and fishing boats, the search is officially canceled .
But the soccer player's sister, Romina Sala, is asking rescuers to continue looking for the plane, telling reporters in Cardiff that she feels her brother and pilot are still alive.
Hundreds of tributes to Emiliano Sala were left in front of Cardiff City Stadium (PA)January 25th:
Argentine football stars Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona and Sergio Aguero, as well as the country's president, Mauricio Macri, also called for the resumption of research.
Donations to fund private research quickly reach tens of thousands of books.
January 26th:
It appears that football agent Willie McKay has arranged for the flight to take Sala to Cardiff, but he claims not to have participated in the selection of the plane or pilot. He also supports calls for research to continue.
January 27th:
Sala's parents and friends arrive in Guernsey after seeking help from the shipwreck expert, David Mearns.
A US-born, UK-based scientist, author, and explorer in the United States said the family still had "hope."
January 28th:
Sala's family, including her mother Mercedes and sister Romina, are on a charter flight on an aircraft operated by the Guernsey Alderney airline over the area where the plane has disappeared.
January 30th:
The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) said that two seat cushions found stranded earlier in the week near Surtainville in the Cotentin Peninsula would likely have come from the plane carrying Sala and her pilot.
Airplane seat cushions were found on a beach in Surtainville, France (Josette Bernard / AP)February 3:
The wreckage of the aircraft is in a recent, privately funded search, made possible by a fundraising campaign to which more than £ 260,000 was donated.
February 4th:
A body is visible in a video sequence on the seabed of the wreckage of the plane. The AAIB states that the images were filmed with the help of an underwater ROV that was monitoring the area after the location of the aircraft.
February 6th:
The wreckage of the plane was discovered in the Channel, with a visible body inside (AAIB / PA)A body seen in the wreckage of the plane is found. The AAIB indicates that the body will be taken to Portland for transmission to the Dorset coroner for review.
The aircraft remains 67 meters underwater 21 miles off the coast of Guernsey in the English Channel, as poor weather has halted efforts to recover it.
A spokesman for the AAIB said that attempts to recover from the wreckage of the plane had been unsuccessful and that, due to poor weather conditions, "it was difficult to take the decision to terminate all operations ".
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