Guernsey Police begin third day of searching for Emiliano Sala

Guernsey Police have begun a third day of searches for missing Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala.

Sala was on board a small aircraft which disappeared at around 8.30pm on Monday evening while en route to join up with his new Cardiff teammates following his club-record £15m switch from Nantes.

No trace has yet been found of the 28-year-old Argentine or the pilot on board the plane despite extensive searches since the aircraft went off the radar.

Guernsey Police had admitted that the chances of survival are "slim", but they have begun another day of coastal searches today.

24th January
7.50am update.

We are commencing a coastal search using be Channel Islands Air Search plane of Burhou, the Casquets, Alderney, the north coast of the Cherbourg Peninsula, north coast of Jersey and then back over Sark.

Further information released when available

— Guernsey Police (@GuernseyPolice) January 24, 2019

The pilot on board has been named as David Ibbotson.