Guernsey Police have resumed the search for the missing plane which was carrying new Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala.
The search and rescue operation – which included multiple air and sea assets from the Channel Islands, UK and France – was suspended for the day at 1700 on Tuesday night, with the intention to resume at sunrise.
In an update released at 7.30am on Wednesday, Guernsey Police confirmed that the search had begun once again.
"We have resumed searching. Two planes are taking off & will search a targeted area we believe has the highest likelihood of finding anything, based on review of the tides and weather since it went missing," the update read.
"Coastal areas around Alderney and off-lying rocks and islands will also be searched from the air. Updates will be provided once information is available."
The chances of finding Sala alive are "slim" if the plane landed on water, Guernsey Police had said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon.
The French Civil Aviation Authority said Sala was aboard a light aircraft which disappeared from radar en route from Nantes to Cardiff on Monday evening.
The search resumes after a WhatsApp voice message emerged that Sala sent to friends while on the plane bound for Cardiff.
In the recording, the footballer says he is "getting scared" and "aboard a plane that seems like it is falling to pieces" as reported on Ole.com.ar.
According to Guernsey Police, the Piper PA-46 Malibu, a single turbine engine aircraft carrying two people, departed Nantes at 7.15pm for the Welsh capital and was flying at an altitude of 5,000ft.
On passing Guernsey it "requested descent", but Jersey air traffic control (ATC) lost contact with the plane while it was flying at 2,300ft.
After a 15-hour search from rescue teams, which covered an area totalling 1,155 square miles, Guernsey Police revealed that "a number of floating objects" were seen in the water, but they were "unable to confirm whether any of these are from the missing aircraft".
A statement posted on the official Twitter account of Guernsey Police said: "We have found no signs of those on board. If they did land on the water, the chances of survival are at this stage, unfortunately, slim."
Earlier on Tuesday, Cardiff's executive director Ken Choo expressed his shock and distress at the news.
Sala, 28, was on his way back to Wales after saying goodbye to his Nantes team-mates on Monday night.
Choo described Sala as a "great person" and revealed he had been "so happy" to sign for Cardiff.
