Light plane carrying Cardiff striker Sala disappears, rescuers mount search

By The Manila Times

Jan 23, 2019 8:42 pm

A bouquet of flowers with the words that read, 'Pray for Sola' is left by a FC Nantes football club supporter in the main square of the city of Nantes, western France, two days after it was announced that the plane carrying Argentinian forward Emiliano Sala vanished during a flight from Nantes to Cardiff in Wales, on January 23, 2019. AFP PHOTO

ST PETER PORT, Guernsey -- Rescuers searched Wednesday for a missing plane carrying Cardiff City's record new signing Emiliano Sala, as it emerged the Argentine striker had sent relatives a desperate message shortly before the light aircraft disappeared over the Channel.

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