We Can Now Mourn Over Emiliano Sala - Family says

The family of Emiliano Sala, a Cardiff city footballer, says they can now start to mourn him following the identification of his body from a plane crashed in the channels.

“We can now begin to mourn our son and our brother. We would like to thank you for all of your signs of affection and support in the most painful time of our life. To see everyone doing everything possible to join us in the search has been a precious help to us” the Argentinian player’s family said in a statement, also thanking everyone involved in the effort to locate the submerged wreckage off Guernsey.

The family also said their heart is still with the family of the 59- years old pilot David Ibbotson, whose body is yet to be found, saying “we hope the authorities do everything possible to find him”.

Sala was on his way back to his new club after he want to France to say goodbye to his teammates at Ligue 1 club Nantes and was flying to Wales on January 21 following his 17-million-euro ($19.3 million) transfer. The plane, a Piper PA-46 Malibu, vanished from radar around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Guernsey.