Plane Cushions Found in Search for Missing Soccer Player Sala

Plane Cushions Found in Search for Missing Soccer Player Sala
Tributes for Emiliano Sala left outside the Stade de la Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau in Nantes, France, on Jan. 30, 2019. Reuters/Stephane Mahe
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LONDON—Investigators searching for a lost plane carrying Premier League soccer player Emiliano Sala said on Jan. 30 that an underwater search would begin after they found two seat cushions on the French coast that likely belonged to the aircraft.

The 28-year-old Argentina-born forward had been en route from Nantes in western France with pilot David Ibbotson to make his debut for Welsh team Cardiff City when the plane disappeared over the English Channel on Jan. 21.