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LONDON (Reuters) – A body found in the wreck of a crashed plane in the English Channel has been officially identified as Cardiff's football player, Emiliano Sala, born in Argentina. , the British police said Thursday in a statement.
Football – Premier League – Cardiff City – Bournemouth AFC – Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, England – 2 February 2019 General view of the coverage of the matchday program paying tribute to Emiliano Sala before the REUTERS / Rebecca Naden match
Sala, 28, was leaving her former club in Nantes in the west of France to travel to Wales on January 21st to make her debut in the Premier League team when the single-engine Piper Malibu has disappeared over the sea
A wreck was found Sunday after a search underwater funded by private funds. A body was found Wednesday and taken to the south of England.
"The body transported to Portland Harbor today … was officially identified by the coroner for Dorset as that of professional footballer Emiliano Sala," according to the police statement.
"The families of Mr. Sala and pilot David Ibbotson have been informed of this news and will continue to be badisted by specially trained family liaison officers. Our thoughts remain with them in these difficult times.
Cardiff posted the statement on their website under a picture of the player.
"We offer our deepest condolences and condolences to Emiliano's family. He and David will forever be in our thoughts, "said the Welsh club.
Sala had agreed to join Cardiff, threatened with relegation, for a record fee of 15 million pounds ($ 19.43 million) from the French club League 1 Nantes.
Police said that an investigation into the circumstances of the death was continuing.
Efforts to recover the wreckage of the aircraft have so far failed due to poor weather conditions.
The aircraft had a cruising speed of 1,525 meters (5,000 feet) when the pilot had requested to descend to Guernsey at a lower altitude. He then lost radar contact at 2300 feet.
The Argentinian newspaper Clarin last month issued a voice message stating that Sala, who has been playing in France since 2012 and scored 12 goals for Nantes this season, apparently sent to friends in the air.
"We are in the plane and it seems that he is about to crash," said the message, which, according to Clarin, was verified by Sala's father, Horacio Sala .
"If you have not heard anything from me for an hour and a half, I do not know if they will send someone to pick me up, because, you know, they will not be able to do it, "message says. "Dad, I'm really scared."
Report by Kanishka Singh to Bengaluru / Alan Baldwin in London, edited by Grant McCool and Ken Ferris
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