Family of Emiliano Sala say they are still awaiting answers over his death two years on

Family of Emiliano Sala say they are still awaiting answers over his death as they mark two years since the horrific crash that killed him and the plane’s unqualified pilot The Argentinian footballer was travelling from France for a transfer to Cardiff He boarded a single-engine Piper Malibu but it crashed near Guernsey The body of … Read more

Cardiff aim to launch £2m Emiliano Sala trust by end of January

Two years on from his tragic death, Cardiff FINALLY act over Emiliano Sala with the club aiming to launch a £2m trust fund in the name of the striker who was killed when the plane carrying him from Nantes crashed into the Channel It is two years next week since Emiliano Sala was killed on … Read more

Pilot, 66, who organised Emiliano Sala flight denies being reckless

Pilot, 66, who organised flight that crashed into the Channel killing footballer Emiliano Sala denies being reckless and negligent after hiring unqualified replacement to fly plane David Henderson, 66, of North Yorkshire, was due to fly the Argentinian striker  But he was replaced by David Ibbotson who was not qualified to fly the plane Piper … Read more

Pilot, 66, meant to have flown Emiliano Sala over Channel is being prosecuted over fatal flight

Emiliano Sala died when a plane plunged into the English Channel on January 21 last year The pilot who was meant to have flown footballer Emiliano Sala over the Channel is being prosecuted over the fatal flight, a hearing was told today. David Henderson, 66, a private pilot from Hotham, North Yorkshire, was replaced on … Read more

New video shows ‘Emiliano Sala signing for Cardiff City’ as CAS set to rule on £15m transfer row

New video ‘shows Emiliano Sala signing for Cardiff City’ three days before tragic striker died in plane crash in English Channel – with CAS set to rule on £15m transfer row with Nantes Nantes demands for a £15m transfer fee have gone to sport’s highest court FIFA have ruled that Cardiff must pay or face … Read more

Family of Emiliano Sala have condemned as ‘unacceptable’ delays to inquest into his death

Emiliano Sala’s family has tore into the ‘unacceptable’ delays to the inquest into the footballer’s death.    The 28-year-old Argentinian was killed in a plane crash north of Guernsey on January 21, 2019 as he prepared to start life with Cardiff City after leaving Nantes in a multimillion pound transfer. His body was recovered the following … Read more

Carbon monoxide leak and lack of pilot training to blame for Emiliano Sala crash, report finds

The doomed plane which crashed and killed young footballer Emiliano Sala broke up mid-air when the unlicensed pilot flew it too fast and lost control after a carbon monoxide leak, a report has found.   The final report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded that the single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft suffered an in-flight break … Read more

No further action against man arrested over Emiliano Sala death

Emiliano Sala died when a plane plunged into the English Channel on January 21 last year Police will take no further action against the 64-year-old pilot arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in relation to the plane crash that killed footballer Emiliano Sala. Dorset Police arrested David Henderson, a private pilot from North Yorkshire, in connection with … Read more