Sala's sister delivers a thrilling message (Video)

Rome Sala believes that her brother and plane pilot David Ibbotson, who disappeared on Monday evening, may still be alive.

The search for the Argentinian attacker, who moved to Premier League club last week, ended on Tuesday after Guerseny police decided not to continue this process because they found no sign of the plane during the three days' search.

“I know from the bottom of my heart that Emiliano is a warrior and he and the pilot are somewhere in the middle of the channel. They won't surrender, so please don't stop researching”, Romina Sala said.

Police have announced that Sala and the pilot are very unlikely to have survived. Their plane was traveling from Nantes to Cardiff and disappeared after losing contact with the Casquets Air Traffic Control Center, some 13 miles [13 km] from Guerseny Island of Great Britain.

Sala had traveled on the same plane for his trip from Cardiff to France and had just landed, told friends and his former associates that the trip had not been comfortable.

When he started his journey back to his new club, Sala texted his friends saying the plane was making some strange noises. Some English media reported that the plane had also found it difficult to launch and had tried four or five until it was finally launched. /Periscopi/