Search for Emiliano Sala resumes with footballer’s survival chances now ‘slim’
25 January 2019 |
5:21 am
The search for missing footballer Emiliano Sala has been resumed on Thursday. Earlier, a desperate message from Sala, sent shortly before the plane disappeared, emerged.
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