Emiliano Sala latest: Pilots demand plane MUST be salvaged -‘SIGNIFICANT’ reasons revealed

As it stands there are no plans to retrieve the wreckage and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is only focussed on bringing the body, or bodies, to the surface.

This has left professional pilots outraged as they believe the wreckage needs to be retrieved to determine what exactly went wrong and to help the families involved come to terms with the tragedy.

Speaking on the Professional Pilots Rumour Network (PPRuNe) internet forum, user ATC Watcher wrote: “The former head of the British European Airlines (BEA) confirmed that for investigation purposes they would not need to be retrieving the aircraft.

“Inspecting visually the cockpit (e.g. if anti-icing was on a, which air source was selected, state of the propeller, etc.), using an ROV would be enough.