Cushions found likely to have come from Sala’s missing plane

By: The Associated Press Posted: 8:34 AM CST Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019 Last Modified: 8:36 AM CST Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019

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LONDON - Air accident investigators say two seat cushions have been found which are likely to have come from the plane carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala.

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LONDON - Air accident investigators say two seat cushions have been found which are likely to have come from the plane carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala.

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LONDON – Air accident investigators say two seat cushions have been found which are likely to have come from the plane carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala.

They are the first traces of the plane to be found since it disappeared over the English Channel on Jan. 21 as it flew from France to Wales. Sala had just been signed by Premier League club Cardiff.

British authorities say their French counterparts found parts of two seat cushions on a beach near Surtainville in northwest France.

Emiliano Sala's sister Romina, left, and mother Mercedes, center, listen to Blue Water Recoveries director David Mearns talk about plans to find and recover the plane carrying the missing footballer, during a press conference at Guernsey airport, Guernsey, England, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. More than 300,000 euros ($340,000) have been raised online to allow Sala's family to fund a private search after an official rescue operation for the light aircraft carrying Sala and pilot David Ibbotson was called off on Thursday. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch says “from a preliminary examination we have concluded that it is likely that the cushions are from the missing aircraft.”

After an official rescue operation for the light aircraft was called off on Thursday after three days, Sala’s family raised money for a private search.

Now the AAIB says it has commissioned a vessel to conduct a search of the seabed starting this weekend.