Football Player Emiliano Sala Body Identified From Plane Wreckage

The Body of Football Player Emiliano Sala Identified from Plane Wreckage

FOOTBALL PLAYER – Argentinian football player Emiliano Sala body identified from the plane wreckage.

Argentinian professional football player Emiliano Raul Sala was a forward player for the Cardiff City team.

Last January 21, the football player and his pilot David Ibbotson was killed after a plane crash near the island of Alderney. He was on his journey from Nantes to Cardiff flying aboard on a light aircraft.

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Police officers searched for Emiliano Sala’s body for three days around the English Channel. The authorities did an underwater search using the Air Accidents Investigation Branch’s (AAIB) Geo Ocean III vessel.

The AAIB found a pair of seat cushions on near a beach in France. The seats were suspected to be from the missing plane.

On January 7, the wreckage was found 63 meters from the water surface and two bodies were found inside the destroyed plane.

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Based on a report from CNN, Dorset police identified the missing body of Emiliano Sala and his pilot from the wreckage that’s found in the seabed.

“The body brought to Portland Port today … has been formally identified by HM Coroner for Dorset as that of professional footballer Emiliano Sala”

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According to the report, the families of Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson were already informed about the discovery. A specially-trained liaison officer will support issue.

“The families of Mr. Sala and the pilot, David Ibbotson, have been updated with this news and will continue to be supported by specially-trained family liaison officers. Our thoughts remain with them at this difficult time,” Dorset Police said.

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Based on the report, the Dorset officers stated that they will continue investigating the cause of death of the football player Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson.

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