Until the evening, along with the pilot, the newcomer of Cardiff City Emiliano Sala has disappeared without any news, who was supposed to fly straight to Cardiff from Nantes on Monday evening.
The connection with the airplane pilot was lost near the Channel Islands. Rescuers searched all coastlines on Tuesday where the "Piper Malibu" model aircraft could possibly have crashed.
The night searches were suspended due to very poor weather conditions. As one of the rescue service leaders said, the chances that both crew members are still alive are minimal.
Before the flight, E. Sala said goodbye to his former team. According to one of his former colleagues, the Argentinean mentioned in passing that he was somewhat nervous about the flight, as he was returning to Cardiff on the same plane.
The Argentine media released a possibly last conversation of E. Sala in a "WhatsApp" group. In the background of the recording, the frightening sound of the airplane engine was audible, after which the footballer himself hinted that a tragedy could happen.
"Hello, brothers. How are you, tough people?" started E. Sala the conversation.
"Brother, I'm deadly tired. I was in Nantes and did things one after another, now I'm heading to Cardiff. I'm on the plane, which could start falling at any moment.
Tomorrow after lunch I will start training with my new team. We'll see how everything goes. How do you feel, brothers and sisters?
If you don't hear any news from me in an hour and a half, I don't know if they'll send something about me, because they won't be able to find me, you know... Father, how scared I am?" - the footballer ended the conversation.
Tweet with the audio of Emiliano Sala from the missing airplane
