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AAIB said she was considering the next steps in consultation with the police, families of Sala and pilot David Ibbotson.
Subsea searches using specialized vessels revealed an "object of interest" on the seabed on February 3, according to investigators.
A remotely operated vehicle surveyed the area and, after badyzing video recordings, investigators concluded that the object was the wreckage of the missing Piper Malibu aircraft.
In a statement released Monday, the AAIB said: "The ROV conducted a new search of the area at night, but did not identify any additional wreckage.
"Unfortunately, in the video footage of the ROV, an occupant is visible in the middle of the debris."
The AAIB added that the image showed the left rear side of the fuselage – the main body of the aircraft – and part of the recording.
"We intend to publish an interim report in the month following the accident," he said.
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The Argentine striker had recently signed with the English Premier League club Cardiff City for £ 15 million from the French club Nantes and was heading to the Welsh capital after bidding farewell to his former teammates in France.
On Sunday, the AAIB had also embarked on a three-day underwater search in a four square-mile area off the island of Guernsey.
David Mearns, a marine scientist responsible for the private research team hired by Sala's family, said that the wreckage of the plane had been located with the help of 39, a sonar at a depth of about 63 meters within two hours of the start of the search Sunday. The experts of the largest ship – Geo Ocean III – used by air investigators confirmed that it was the missing aircraft Piper Malibu.
Speaking on the BBC's Today show, Mearns said the wreck was surprisingly intact and added that the family would be "desperately" like the plane to recover.
"The next step is that of the AAIB," he said Monday, before the air investigators released their statement.
"They spent three days with the ship they use, the Geo III. They could not get it back in that period, but that's probably what they're evaluating.
"They can dive today. [Monday], the weather is not very good today, so hopefully, they will get more information on how they could try this recovery.
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Mearns added that he had been in touch with the family and Sala's agent, adding: "They felt they had done better than what a normal family could ever have done by collecting this money. in order to conduct a privately funded research in order to obtain this information. " result so quickly and now, they feel that it is up to the government to move on to the next step. "
On January 30th, seat cushions from the missing aircraft were discovered on a beach near Surtainville, on the northwestern coast of France.
Speaking publicly on January 28 for the first time since it emerged that Sala was on board the plane, Cardiff's director, Neil Warnock, said he was considering to retire "by far the most difficult week of my career, one kilometer absolute".
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