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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 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. | 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". | 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. He called in the Air Accidents Investigation Branch after using sonar and a submersible device fitted with cameras to confirm it was the plane. | |
The AAIB used a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) to aid the search, and was able to recover the single body previously seen in the wreckage. | |
It said efforts to recover the crashed plane as a whole proved unsuccessful, before being abandoned due to poor weather. | |
"The weather forecast is poor for the foreseeable future and so the difficult decision was taken to bring the overall operation to a close," it said in a statement, | |
However, the AAIB said video footage captured by the ROV would provide "valuable evidence" for its safety investigation. | |
The body was being taken to the Isle of Portland to be passed to the Dorset coroner. No details had been released concerning its identification, it added. | |
Meanwhile, it has emerged that Sala's former club, French Ligue 1 side Nantes, has demanded Cardiff City pay his £15m transfer fee. | |
Sala, 28, was Cardiff's record signing but never played for the club. | |
The fee was due to be paid over three years but Cardiff have withheld the first scheduled payment until they are satisfied with the documentation. |