Tag: Emiliano Sala

  • Police confirms dead body of Emiliano Sala

    A body retrieved from the wreckage of a crashed plane in the English Channel has been formally identified as Cardiff City’s Argentina-born football player Emiliano Sala, British police said on Thursday. Sala, 28, had been flying from his previous club Nantes in western France to Wales on Jan. 21. He was going to make his…

  • Emiliano Sala: Body recovered from plane wreckage

    A body has been successfully recovered from the wreckage of the plane that went down in the English Channel with Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala on board. The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed late on Wednesday that the victim, who has not been publicly identified, will now be passed to the Dorset Coroner,…

  • BREAKING: Nantes demand Sala transfer fee from Cardiff

    French club Nantes have demanded payment from Cardiff City over the £15m transfer of Emiliano Sala, BBC Wales has learned. Sala, along with pilot David Ibbotson, was on board the Piper Malibu N264DB which lost radar contact near Guernsey on 21 January. The Argentine striker was Premier League club Cardiff’s record signing. Cardiff have withheld…

  • Emiliano Sala: Attempts underway to recover body

    The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) have confirmed they are attempting to recover the body found in the wreckage of the plane, carrying Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson. The Piper Malibu aircraft was found at the bottom of the English Channel on Sunday morning. Afterwards, AAIB disclosed one occupant of the plane…

  • Emiliano Sala: Body found in plane wreckage

    A body has been seen in the underwater wreckage of the plane that was carrying Cardiff Striker Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson. A search on Sunday found the Piper Malibu plane on the seabed off Guernsey, almost two weeks after it went missing. The Air Accident Investigation Branch confirmed the sighting on Monday, BBC…