Cardiff City Soccer Player Missing After Plane Disappears Over English Channel

Cardiff City Soccer Player Missing After Plane Disappears Over English Channel
Emiliano Sala in action at La Beaujoire Stadium, Nantes, on March 18, 2017. Reuters/Stephane Mahe
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PARIS—Cardiff City’s new soccer star, Emiliano Sala, was aboard a light aircraft that disappeared en route to the Welsh capital for his club debut, France’s civil aviation authority said on Jan. 22.

Sala was flying to Cardiff from the French city of Nantes when radar contact was lost with the plane near the English Channel island of Guernsey late on Jan. 21.