Authorities are on a
mission to recover a body in the plane carrying Cardiff City player Emiliano
Sala, and pilot David Ibbotson, from the seabed of the English Channel. The
mission began on Tuesday evening, with the wreckage having been discovered on
Sunday, around 67m deep, between Guernsey and the Devon coast. A body was
discovered within the wreckage.
The Air
Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has deployed the Geo Ocean III, an 80m
state of the art oceanographic ship, above the crash site and a remotely
operated vehicle (ROV) is trying to recover the body from the scene.
"We are
attempting to recovery the body. If we are successful, we will consider the
feasibility of recovering the aircraft wreckage" said an AAIB
spokesperson.
“Strong tidal
conditions mean we can only use the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for limited
periods each day and this will mean that progress is slow.
“Regardless
of the results, we will not be making a further statement until the families
have been informed.”
Horacio Sala,
Emiliano's father, who has lost all hopes he had of his son being found alive
said, "We hope that they can rescue him as
soon as possible in order to find out what happened, or at least to have some
degree of certainty."
Once the wreckage is lifted from the Channel, it will be taken to a port
on the south coast, probably Southampton or Portsmouth, before being
transferred to the AAIB's laboratory in Farnborough, Hampshire.
Horacio Sala thanked the public for their generosity in funding the
private search for Sala's plane. "Thanks
to all the players that have helped with money because it was very expensive to
pay for the search," said Horacia Sala.
"I would like to thank all the people that have
supported, everyone."
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