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Emiliano Sala search team recover body from plane wreckage | Emiliano Sala search team recover body from plane wreckage |
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A body has been recovered from the wreckage of the plane which crashed with Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson on board. | A body has been recovered from the wreckage of the plane which crashed with Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson on board. |
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said specialist contractors joined the operation in "challenging conditions". | The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said specialist contractors joined the operation in "challenging conditions". |
It was carried out in "as dignified a way as possible" and the men's families were kept updated throughout, it said. | It was carried out in "as dignified a way as possible" and the men's families were kept updated throughout, it said. |
The wreckage of the plane, which vanished two weeks ago over the English Channel, had been found off Guernsey. | The wreckage of the plane, which vanished two weeks ago over the English Channel, had been found off Guernsey. |
The Piper Malibu N264DB was en route from France to Cardiff, after the 28-year-old Argentine striker's made a quick trip back to his former club Nantes two days after his £15m transfer to Cardiff was announced. | |
Mr Ibbotson, 59, from Crowle, North Lincolnshire, was at the controls when the flight lost contact with air traffic controllers on 21 January. | |
An official search was called off on 24 January after Guernsey's harbour master said the chances of survival were "extremely remote". | |
However, the wreckage was located thanks to a privately funded operation, led by marine scientist and oceanographer David Mearns, who then called in the Air Accidents Investigation Branch when he found the wreckage. |