The plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala that crashed in the Channel last month did not have a commercial licence, British investigators said Monday. But the Air Accidents Investigation Branch said the journey would have been allowed as a "private" flight in which costs are shared between pilot and passenger.

Emiliano Sala plane did not have commercial licence, claim investigators

A body recovered by British investigators from the submerged wreckage of a plane that went down in the Channel has been identified as that of footballer Emiliano Sala, police said on Thursday.

Body recovered from plane wreckage identified as footballer Sala: Police

Investigators recovered a body from the wreckage of a plane carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in the Channel and transported it to Britain on Thursday for identification.

Body from wreck of Emiliano Sala plane taken to Britain