Emiliano Sala had been flying over to join Cardiff City when his plane vanished from radars GETTY IMAGESWreckage of the plane that carried Emiliano Sala, the missing Premier League footballer, was located yesterday on the seabed of the Channel, the shipwreck hunter who led the search has disclosed. A privately funded expedition found the wreckage 24 miles north of Guernsey at about 9am. The plane, which was carrying Sala, the newly signed Cardiff City striker, and David Ibbotson, the pilot, went missing on January 21. David Mearns, the marine scientist in charge of the search, said that they had confirmed the location of the wreckage of the missing aircraft. Sonar equipment on board the vessel, which has since returned to Guernsey, had identified the plane.

Source: The Times February 04, 2019 00:03 UTC