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Mission to recover Emiliano Sala's body and that of his pilot has begun

This is the first picture of the wreckage of Sala's plane found on the bottom of the Channel

British crash investigators on Tuesday launched an underwater operation to recover a body from the wreckage of the plane carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in the Channel.

"We are attempting to recover the body. If we are successful, we will consider the feasibility of recovering the aircraft wreckage," an Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) spokesperson said in a statement.

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