Not looking good, unfortunately:
Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala was on a light aircraft which disappeared over the Channel Islands, the French Civil Aviation authority has confirmed.
The Argentine striker was one of two people on board the Piper Malibu which went missing off Alderney in the Channel Islands on Monday night.
Cardiff City had signed the 28-year-old for £15m from French club Nantes.
Guernsey Police said the Cardiff-bound aircraft has not been found.
It left Nantes at 19:15 and had been flying at 5,000ft when it contacted Jersey air traffic control requesting descent, the force said.
Sala - born in Argentina, made in France
The plane lost contact while at 2,300ft.
Sightings of red flares were reported during a lifeboat and helicopter search, but "nothing of significance was found", a Channel Islands Air Search spokeswoman said.
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