Body recovered from wreckage of Emiliano Sala’s plane

Investigators says that a body has been recovered from the wreckage of the plane, crashed with Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson on board. The authorities are yet to confirm whether the recovered body is of either Sala or the pilot.

The plane, from France to England was found missing over the English Channel. The plane, Piper Malibu N264DB was lost on 21 January on its way from Nantes, France, to Cardiff.

The body was successfully recovered using remotely operated vehicles in extremely challenging weather conditions, by Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) and its specialist contractors. In a statement to medias, the AAIB said that “The operation was carried out in as dignified a way as possible and the families were kept informed of progress,”.

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