Ten days after Emiliano Sala’s plane disappeared, the wreckage has now been found as discovered by two cushions on a French beach.
28-year-old Emiliano Sala was on Monday, January 21 on his way to join his new Premier League teammates when his plane after completing a £15m deal to the EPl side from Nantes.
SunSport reports that the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) revealed that cushions are likely to have been from the Piper Malibu plane which vanished last Monday were found.
The former Nantes striker who was on board with British pilot Dave Ibbotson from Scunthorpe has been presumed dead.
French investigators made the news known to the public saying the parts of the plane were found on a beach near Surtainville on the French coast.
However, the search is set to be taken to the next level as underwater search will commence in a bid to recover the aircraft wreckage.
An AAIB spokesman said: “On the morning of Monday 28 January, we were advised by the Bureau d’Enquêtes & d’Analyses (BEA), the French safety investigation authority, that part of a seat cushion had been found on a beach near Surainville on the Cotentin Peninsula.
“A second cushion was found in the same area later that day. From a preliminary examination we have concluded that it is likely that the cushions are from the missing aircraft.
“We have now identified a priority underwater search area of approximately four square nautical miles.”