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Emiliano Sala’s body identified from plane wreckage

Police also said that they will continue to investigate the “circumstances of this death.”

IANS | February 8, 2019 10:44 am

Emiliano Sala’s body identified from plane wreckage

Nantes supporters pay a tribute to Nantes' Argentinian forward Emilianio Sala during the French L1 football match between FC Nantes and AS Saint Etienne (ASSE) at the La Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, western France on January 30, 2019. - A plane transporting Sala -- who had just been transferred from French team Nantes to Premier League club Cardiff City in a 17-million-euro ($19.3-million) move -- and British pilot Dave Ibbotson vanished from radar around 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the Channel island of Guernsey on January 21. (Photo: AFP)

The body of missing Argentine football star Emiliano Sala has been identified, Dorset Police have confirmed, the media reported.

In a statement, Dorset police said “the body brought to Portland Port today … has been formally identified by HM Coroner for Dorset as that of professional footballer Emiliano Sala.”

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The statement continued “the families of Mr. Sala and the pilot, David Ibbotson, have been updated with this news and will continue to be supported by specially-trained family liaison officers. Our thoughts remain with them at this difficult time,” CNN reported.

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Police also said that they will continue to investigate the “circumstances of this death.”

Sala, 28, and Ibbotson, 59, were flying in the single-turbine aircraft from Nantes, in northern France, to Cardiff in Wales, when it disappeared from radar near the Channel Islands on January 21.

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