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The body found in a plane that crashed into the English Channel was officially identified as Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala, confirmed the Dorset police.
Former striker and pilot David Nantes Ibbotson has gone missing since the plane they were flying had lost contact with air traffic control on Monday, January 21st.
The plane Piper Malibu was found on the seabed of the Channel Sunday morning and a body was found Wednesday in the wreckage.
In a statement made Thursday night by Dorset police, the body was officially identified by the coroner for Dorset at Portland Harbor today, Thursday, February 7, 2019, as that of professional footballer Emiliano Sala.
"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 and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.
"The HM coroner will continue his investigation into the circumstances of this Dorset-backed death.
"On Monday, 21 January 2019, a plane carrying the two men was flying from Nantes to Cardiff when it lost contact with air traffic control, north of Guernsey.
"Unfortunately, a search and rescue operation did not locate the aircraft and the two occupants.
"Subsequently, the AAIB and privately funded research teams were deployed to the area, and with specialized equipment, the teams were able to locate and identify the aircraft and the aircraft. recover Mr. Sala's body. "
The transfer of Argentine striker Sala from Nantes to Cardiff had been announced just two days before the disappearance of the plane that was to take him back to the Welsh capital.
The wreckage was 21 miles off the coast of Guernsey and once the body was recovered, it was transported to the port of Portland, Dorset, where the official identification process took place. .
In a Cardiff statement, we read: "We offer our most sincere condolences and condolences to Emiliano's family.
"He and David will forever be in our thoughts."
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