In this image released Monday Feb. 4, 2019, by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) showing the rear left side of the fuselage including part of the aircraft registration N264DB that went missing carrying soccer player Emiliano Sala, when it disappeared from radar contact on Jan. 21 2019. The Air accident investigators say one body is visible in the sea in the wreckage of the plane that went missing carrying soccer player Emiliano Sala and his pilot David Ibbotson. (AAIB via AP)
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LONDON (AP) - Authorities say they are trying to recover the body spotted in the seabed wreckage of the plane that was carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala and his pilot.
The aircraft disappeared over the English Channel on Jan. 21 as it flew from the French city of Nantes to Cardiff, where Sala was due to start playing in the Premier League.
Authorities haven't said if the body located by an underwater camera was Sala or pilot David Ibbotson, the only people on board.
Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch says "we are attempting to (recover) the body. If we are successful, we will consider the feasibility of recovering the aircraft wreckage."
The wreckage was discovered on Sunday.
In a statement, the AAIB cautioned that "strong tidal conditions mean we can only use the remotely operated vehicle for limited periods each day and this will mean that progress is slow."
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Marine Scientist David Mearns is interviewed by reporters after the discovery of the wreckage of the plane that was carrying footballer Emiliano Sala, in Guernsey, Channel Islands, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. The wreckage was located on Sunday, two weeks after it disappeared from radar over the English Channel, according to the marine scientist leading a privately funded search for the Argentine's family. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
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Marine Scientist David Mearns is interviewed by reporters after the discovery of the wreckage of the plane that was carrying footballer Emiliano Sala, in Guernsey, Channel Islands, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. The wreckage was located on Sunday, two weeks after it disappeared from radar over the English Channel, according to the marine scientist leading a privately funded search for the Argentine's family. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
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A view of the match day programme with an image of Emiliano Sala on the cover, ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Cardiff and Bournemouth at the Cardiff City Stadium, in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. (Mark Kerton/PA via AP)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, file photo, a Nantes soccer team supporters stops by a poster of Argentinian player Emiliano Sala and reading "Let's keep hope" outside La Beaujoire stadium before the French soccer League One match Nantes against Saint-Etienne, in Nantes, western France. On Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, the man leading a private search for the missing plane carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala says the wreckage has been found. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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Nantes players wear jerseys showing Argentinian player Emiliano Sala in La Beaujoire stadium as they train before the French soccer League One match Nantes against Saint-Etienne, in Nantes, western France, Wednesday, Jan.30, 2019. Sala disappeared over the English Channel on Jan. 21, 2019 as it flew from France to Wales. Sala had just been signed by Premier League club Cardiff. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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CAPTION CORRECTS THE DATE - This photo made available by Josette Bernard on Saturday Jan. 26, 2019, shows a seat cushion from a plane on a beach at Surtainville, France. Air accident investigators say two seat cushions have been found which are likely to have come from the plane carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala. They are the first traces of the plane to be found since it disappeared over the English Channel on Jan. 21 as it flew from France to Wales. Sala had just been signed by Premier League club Cardiff. (Josette Bernard via AP)
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