Two seat cushions have been found which are likely to have come from the plane carrying missing Cardiff City footballer, Emiliano Sala, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch said.
Earlier this week, Sala’s family said they were ‘struggling’ for answers as a private search got under way for the Cardiff City footballer whose plane disappeared over the English Channel.
Relatives and friends of the Argentinian striker arrived in Guernsey on Sunday, almost a week after the light aircraft went missing.
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Shipwreck hunting expert David Mearns, who is understood to be assisting the family, said they still had hope.
US-born Mr Mearns is a marine scientist, author and explorer based in the UK, who claims to have located 24 major shipwrecks during his career.
The Piper PA-46 Malibu in which Sala and pilot David Ibbotson were travelling disappeared off the radar on January 21 and an official search operation was called off on Thursday.
Pleas for the search to resume have come from the 28-year-old player’s family, Argentinian football stars Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona and Sergio Aguero, and the country’s president Mauricio Macri.
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Donations from footballers including Manchester City’s Ilkay Gundogan helped a GoFundMe page raising money for a private search surpass the €300,000 euro (£259,000) target.
An update on the site when the target was reached said Sala’s family wanted to thank people for their generosity.