Plane Carrying Emiliano Sala Has Been Found On The English Channel, Bodies Yet to Be Recovered

Date: 03-02-2019 10:54 pm (5 years ago) | Author: Daniel Bosai
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The plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala and his pilot has been found following a sonar search - with both occupants missing and presumed dead.

The specialist sea bed search for the missing plane began off the coast of Guernsey today and located the wreckage this morning on the seabed of the English Channel.

The crowdfunded vessel picked up a sonar signal before the AAIB boat confirmed it and an ROV (Remotely operated underwater vehicle) was sent down to visually identify the plane with the ROV.

Families of both men have been informed of the discovery. 

Both the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) Geo Ocean III vessel and a private boat, which includes a side-scan sonar, were used to try and find the aircraft.

It was located after radar showed that the privately funded vessel looking for the wreckage started returning to Guernsey unexpectedly  while the other AAIB boat stayed at the scene.

Sky News reported that the vessel that made the discovery was lead by marine scientist David Mearns who confirmed the identity and location of the plane.

He confirmed that it was in the early stages of this morning's search, around 9 am, that the discovery was made.

The recovery vessel picked up something on the sonar 24 miles off Guernsey and made further passes over the area to pinpoint the location before going through various stages of identification.

David Mearns called the news 'devastating' but told Tom Parmenter of Sky News that 'at least we were able to bring some sort of answer to the families.'

The scientist tweeted that it was the Morven vessel that located the wreckage and added: 'As agreed with the AAIB they moved the GEO OCEAN III over the position we provided them to visually identify the plane by ROV. #EmilianoSala.'

He added in a separate tweet that both families were notified by police and that a statement is expected tomorrow from AAIB.

'Tonight our sole thoughts are with the families and friends of Emiliano and David,' he added.

Posted: at 3-02-2019 10:54 PM (5 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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