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| Emiliano Sala: 140,000 euros raised for private search | |
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| More than 140,000 euros has been raised towards a private search for missing Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala. | |
| The search for the Argentine striker, 28, and pilot David Ibbotson, 59, was called off on Thursday. | The search for the Argentine striker, 28, and pilot David Ibbotson, 59, was called off on Thursday. |
| The plane disappeared from radar as the pair flew over the English Channel on their way to Cardiff on Monday night. | |
| A former Guernsey harbour master said the search was "like looking for a needle in a haystack, when you don't even know where the haystack is". | |
| Argentina's president Mauricio Macri has joined calls by Sala's family for the search to resume. | Argentina's president Mauricio Macri has joined calls by Sala's family for the search to resume. |
| Footballers including Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan have contributed to donations for the private search on a GoFundMe page. | Footballers including Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan have contributed to donations for the private search on a GoFundMe page. |
| Other contributors include Nantes manager Vahid Halilhodzic, Leicester City winger Demarai Gray and Bayern Munich's Corentin Tolisso. | Other contributors include Nantes manager Vahid Halilhodzic, Leicester City winger Demarai Gray and Bayern Munich's Corentin Tolisso. |
| Organisers of the page, Paris-based football agency Sport Cover, hope to raise a total of 150,000 euros (£130,000). | Organisers of the page, Paris-based football agency Sport Cover, hope to raise a total of 150,000 euros (£130,000). |
| Sport Cover's website lists Sala as a client. | Sport Cover's website lists Sala as a client. |
| Meanwhile, a petition launched in France to have the search resumed has now gathered more than 80,000 signatures. | Meanwhile, a petition launched in France to have the search resumed has now gathered more than 80,000 signatures. |
| On Friday, Argentina's president joined calls for the search to resume, telling his foreign minister to issue formal requests to Britain and France, according to a statement from his office. | On Friday, Argentina's president joined calls for the search to resume, telling his foreign minister to issue formal requests to Britain and France, according to a statement from his office. |
| Sala's sister Romina has also said she is "convinced Emiliano and the pilot are alive somewhere in the channel". | Sala's sister Romina has also said she is "convinced Emiliano and the pilot are alive somewhere in the channel". |
| "We want to go and search for them," she said, during a visit to Cardiff. "We're asking please don't stop with this effort. All together, we will find a way to restart the search to find Emiliano." | "We want to go and search for them," she said, during a visit to Cardiff. "We're asking please don't stop with this effort. All together, we will find a way to restart the search to find Emiliano." |
| Among those joining calls for the search to continue are Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. | Among those joining calls for the search to continue are Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. |
| Players, including Manchester City's Argentine forward Sergio Aguero, have used the social media hashtag #NoDejenDeBuscar - "do not stop searching". | Players, including Manchester City's Argentine forward Sergio Aguero, have used the social media hashtag #NoDejenDeBuscar - "do not stop searching". |
| Three planes and five helicopters racked up 80 hours combined flying time looking for the plane, working alongside two lifeboats and other passing ships. | Three planes and five helicopters racked up 80 hours combined flying time looking for the plane, working alongside two lifeboats and other passing ships. |
| Guernsey's harbour master Captain David Barker has said the decision to call to call off the search was a "difficult" one, but the chances of survival were "extremely remote" and he was "absolutely confident" no more could have been done. | |
| Peter Gill, the island's former harbour master, said: "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack when you don't even know where the haystack is. | |
| "You don't know which road it's in, you don't know which parish it's in, you don't even know which county it's in." | |
| He added that the sea off Alderney, where the plane lost contact, was anywhere between 50m (164m) to 140m (460ft) deep, with currents measuring up to five knots (6mph). | |
| "It's very cold and it's also quite challenging in terms of currents and they are very, very seldom slack. The actual chance of getting down and finding something is very, very difficult indeed," he said. | |
| The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has begun an investigation which will look at "all operational aspects," including licensing and flight plans. | The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has begun an investigation which will look at "all operational aspects," including licensing and flight plans. |
| The Piper PA-46 Malibu disappeared over the English Channel with Cardiff City's new signing and Mr Ibbotson on board. | The Piper PA-46 Malibu disappeared over the English Channel with Cardiff City's new signing and Mr Ibbotson on board. |
| Mr Ibbotson of Crowle, Lincolnshire, held a private pilot's licence and passed a medical exam as recently as November, according to Federal Aviation Administration records. | Mr Ibbotson of Crowle, Lincolnshire, held a private pilot's licence and passed a medical exam as recently as November, according to Federal Aviation Administration records. |
| Sala signed for the Bluebirds from Nantes on Saturday and was flying back to Wales from Nantes when the plane disappeared from radar. | Sala signed for the Bluebirds from Nantes on Saturday and was flying back to Wales from Nantes when the plane disappeared from radar. |
| At 19:15 GMT, Mr Ibbotson made a request to descend before losing contact with Jersey air traffic control. | At 19:15 GMT, Mr Ibbotson made a request to descend before losing contact with Jersey air traffic control. |