The body of Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala has been recovered from a crashed plane in the Channel. His family said they can now...
The body of Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala has been
recovered from a crashed plane in the Channel.
His family said they can now begin mourning after his body
was formally identified. “We can now begin to mourn our son and our brother. We
would like to thank you for all of your signs of affection and support in the
most painful time of our life. To see everyone doing everything possible to
join us in the search has been a precious help to us” the Argentinian player’s
family said in a statement.
The family said their thoughts were also with the family of
the 59-year-old pilot of the plane, David Ibbotson, whose body has not yet been
found, saying “we hope the authorities do everything possible to find
him”.
Sala had returned to France to say goodbye to his teammates
at Ligue 1 club Nantes and was flying to Wales on January 21 to join up with
his new club following his $19.3 million transfer. The plane,
a Piper PA-46 Malibu, vanished from radar around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north
of Guernsey.
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