Search and rescue operation of Emiliano Sala suspended until Wednesday morning | Football News

Sala, Cardiff striker, aboard an aircraft missing near the Channel Islands; Guernsey police say "a number of floating objects" found in the water

Guernsey police confirmed that the search and rescue operation of the plane carrying Cardiff City's attacker, Emiliano Sala, had been suspended until sunrise on Wednesday. .

The French civil aviation authority has confirmed Sky Sports News Sala was aboard a plane that disappeared from the radar near the Channel Islands Monday evening.

A Search and Rescue operation was launched that night and continued until 2 am Tuesday, before being canceled and resumed at 8 in the morning.

The research was suspended again Tuesday night shortly after 5 pm and is expected to resume its activities at sunrise on Wednesday.

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John Fitzgerald, chief officer of Channel Islands Air Search, presents the latest update on the search for the missing plane that was carrying Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala

An update posted on Twitter by the Guernsey police read: "The search and rescue operations were suspended at the time when the sun went down.

"The current plan is to resume it at sunrise tomorrow.There will be no other updates tonight."

The Guernsey police had previously confirmed that a "number of floating objects" had been found in the water before the search was suspended, although rescuers were not able to determine if they belonged to the vanished aircraft.

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Cardiff general manager Ken Choo said the club was "very concerned" by Sala

John Fitzgerald, chief officer of Channel Island Air Search, said that a cushion and a piece of bent metal were among the items found.

"The [search] The aircraft found various debris and he guided the lifeboat and a nearby fishing boat in the area to examine them, "Fitzgerald said. SSN.

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The former club of Emiliano Sala, FC Nantes, watches over the city after the disappearance of the attacker's plane on the English channel

"The research director's notes said he found a cushion, a bright orange object next to a dull color box and many white objects in the water floating along a piece of white metal slightly curved, apparently it was enough to look at the notes I just received. "

Fitzgerald says Channel Island Air Search now believes that the plane crashed after a collision in the Channel.

Sala joined Cardiff in a contract with a club on Saturday

"Judging by the information we received from the crew on board the [search] plane, so yes, we think the plane broke when it hit the water, "he said.

Fitzgerald expects the search operation to resume when visibility is improved Wednesday morning.

"We expect to be called around seven in the morning to have time to get to the airport," he said.

"Fortunately, nothing is too far away here, we can be in the air and ready while the light comes on."