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‘One Occupant Visible’ in Emiliano Sala Plane Wreckage – Investigators

David Mearns worked with Emiliano Sala's family to launch a private search for the plane he went missing in. Photo Credit: Sky News

David Mearns worked with Emiliano Sala's family to launch a private search for the plane he went missing in. Photo Credit: Sky News

Reported By: Tom Parmenter, News Correspondent and Alix Culbertson, News Reporter for Sky News

Off the Guernsey Coast, UK – A body can be seen in the wreckage of the plane that was carrying footballer Emiliano Sala, investigators say.

Video footage taken by a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) confirmed the wreckage found yesterday off Guernsey’s coast was the Piper Malibu aircraft.

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