The police ended Thursday the search for Premier League player Emiliano Sala, saying that the chances of finding the Argentine alive three days after his plane disappeared through the Canal were "extremely remote."
"We reviewed all available information, in addition to knowing what emergency equipment was on board, and we made the difficult decision to end the search," police in the British island of Guernsey said in a statement.
The police of Guernsey resumes the search for the missing footballer Emiliano Sala
Guernsey police resumed their search for the plane on Thursday with Premier League soccer player Emiliano Sala, who disappeared over the English Channel.
The new signing of Cardiff City, Sala and the pilot of the aircraft, David Ibbotson, have disappeared since Monday night and rescuers said that the chances of finding them alive were almost non-existent.
Since then, a recording of a fearful voice message appeared that, apparently, Sala sent, in which he expressed his concern for the single-engine Piper Malibu in which he was flying.
The Argentine striker, 28 years old, was traveling from Nantes, in western France, to make his debut with the Welsh team of Cardiff City.
On Thursday, authorities said they were resuming their search efforts.
"We are starting a coastal search using the air search plane of the Burhou Channel Islands, the Casquets, Alderney, the northern coast of the Cherbourg Peninsula, the northern Jersey coast and then back on Sark," the police wrote. of Guernsey.
Hopes vanish for the Cardiff Hall striker as the final message comes
The hopes faded on Wednesday to find Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala alive, as it emerged that the Argentine had sent his family a desperate message shortly before the light plane he was flying in disappeared across the Channel.
Floating objects have been found in the water, and the police of the British island of Guernsey, which is located on the northern coast of France, warned that the chances of survival of passengers were "scarce."
Rescuers on three planes and a helicopter toured the sea, Argentine media reported that Sala sent a final message before the plane disappeared from the radar about 20 kilometers north of Guernsey on Monday night.
"I'm on a plane that looks like it's going to crumble, and I'm going to Cardiff," the 28-year-old said in an audio message from WhatsApp.
"If you do not hear from me in an hour and a half, I do not know if they will send people to look for me, because they will not find me, you know … I'm so afraid," he said. additional.
The player's mother, Mercedes, told Argentine television station C5N that the plane belonged to Cardiff's president, Mehmet Dalman, but challenged the claim.
"I can tell you categorically that the plane had nothing to do with the city of Cardiff," he said.
Dalman said the club had offered to pay for his flight, but Sala had "made his own arrangements."
"I can not tell you who organized the flight because I do not know."
The British Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), which is investigating, said the single-engine Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft was registered in the United States.
The pilot, the only other person on the plane, was named in the British media as Dave Ibbotson, 60, a married father of three children of Scunthorpe, in northern England.
Search resumes for the Cardiff Hall striker as the final message arises
The search resumed on Wednesday for a lost plane that had the new signing of Cardiff City, Emiliano Sala, as it emerged that the Argentine striker had sent his family a desperate message shortly before the plane disappeared in the Canal.
Floating objects have been found in the water, and the police of the British island of Guernsey, which is located on the northern coast of France, warned that the chances of survival of passengers were "scarce."
When the air search resumed, Argentine media reported that Sala sent a final message before the plane disappeared from the radar about 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Guernsey on Monday night.
"I'm on a plane that looks like it's going to crumble, and I'm going to Cardiff," the 28-year-old said in an audio message from WhatsApp.
"If you do not hear from me in an hour and a half, I do not know if they will send people to look for me, because they will not find me, you know … I'm so afraid," he said. additional.
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