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What caused the plane crash?
On January 23, aviation experts exclusively told The Sun how a build up of ice on the wings of the aircraft carrying Emiliano Sala could have been the cause of the crash.
Sala sent WhatsApp messages to his friends as the plane lurched in rough conditions, saying the plane “looks like it’s going to fall apart”.
One aviation expert claimed: "There are reports that the footballer was texting saying the aircraft is shaking and breaking up are classic signs of icing on the wings.
“The pilot is most likely wrestling with a stall at 2,300ft.
“It is likely, though, that the aircraft hit the water in one piece otherwise debris would have quickly been found.”
It has also been reported that pilot David Ibbotson, 60, admitted he was “a bit rusty” at the controls before the aircraft vanished on Monday January 21.
He told pals his fears after arriving in France on Saturday and even joked about the state of his landing.
The married dad-of-four from Scunthorpe, Lincs, told a pal: “Was not too bad when I got there, but I’m a bit rusty with the ILS (instrument landing system).”
He then said the landing had been “a little bit on the high side hehe, better than on the low side”.
He spent Sunday in Nantes before meeting Sala at the city’s airport on Monday evening.
Reports suggested they had attempted to take off four times before finally getting airborne.
The plane climbed to 5,000ft but later asked Jersey air traffic control for permission to drop to 2,300ft. It then vanished at 8.30pm near Alderney.
Is the search still on?
On January 24, Guernsey Police said the search was still ongoing on for the plane.
Shortly before 8am, they tweeted: "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."
"The search is ongoing and a decision about continuing will be made once all assets have completed this morning’s search pattern," they said before 11am.
The search was previously suspended overnight on January 23 following an "intensive search".
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