"We analyzed all the available information and, knowing what equipment was on board the aircraft, made the difficult decision to stop searching," the police wrote on Twitter.
The report also says that people aboard the plane have extremely low chances of survival.
Sala moved to Cardiff in this offseason from Nantes. He was traveling by plane from Nantes to Cardiff, but the airliner disappeared from the radar about an hour before the expected arrival and eventually did not land at the airport.
Earlier it was reported that "Cardiff" will not give more time for transfers, despite the loss of Salah.