Plane cushions found in search for missing football player Sala


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 30 Jan 2019

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United - Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, Britain - January 29, 2019 General view of a scoreboard displaying an image of Emiliano Sala before the match Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Investigators searching for a lost plane carrying Premier League football player Emiliano Sala said on Wednesday an underwater search would begin after they found two seat cushions on the French coast that likely belonged to the aircraft.

The 28-year-old Argentina-born forward had been en route from Nantes in western France with pilot David Ibbotson to make his debut for Welsh team Cardiff City when the plane disappeared over the English Channel on Jan. 21.

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