Police To Search For Footballer Emiliano Sala

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Police on the Anglo-Norman island of Guernsey announced on Thursday afternoon that they abandoned the search for the wreckage of the plane where the soccer player Emiliano Sala was traveling. "We have reviewed all the available information (…) and we have made the difficult decision to end the search," the police announced in a statement released on their Twitter account, which makes it clear that the chances of anyone surviving are nil..

The mystery still surrounds the 28-year-old Argentine striker who was aboard a single-engine Piper Malibu that disappeared from radar screens on Monday night. The private plane in which the Cardiff club player from England was traveling disappeared on Monday night while crossing the English Channel towards the United Kingdom. The plane was traveling at 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) when the pilot requested to descend while passing Guernsey, but lost contact with the radar at 2,300 feet, island police said.

While rescuers were conducting the search this week, it was revealed that the athlete issued a heartbreaking message before disappearing. According to multiple sources, Uruguayan footballer Diego Rolán told the 1010AM radio station in his country that the last contact of the Argentine footballer was with a friend of his to whom he told via WhatsApp: “Brother, I am dead. I was in Nantes doing things and it wasn't over. I'm up here on the plane, it looks like it's about to fall apart. " But the most shocking thing came at the end of the supposed message: "If in an hour and a half they don't hear from me, I don't know if they will send someone to look for me because they won't find me, but they already know."

Emiliano Sala had just made his debut at the Cardiff City club, to which he was traded in the winter for $ 17 million.