Tag: David Ibbotson

• Friday, November 12th 2021 - 19:07 UTC

  Cardiff court hands down 18- month jail sentence to manager behind Argentine footballer's fatal flight

  

  British aviation businessman David Henderson, who organized the private flight from Nantes to Cardiff resulting in the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of “endangering the safety of the aircraft.”

• Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 00:45 UTC

  Security guards behind Emiliano Sala's viral post-mortem convicted in England

  

  A Swindon Crown Court on Monday handed down jail sentences to two workers of a security company who illegally accessed footage of the autopsy of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, leading to its online mass distribution.

• Monday, March 4th 2019 - 08:16 UTC

  Footballer Emiliano Sala death unveils the “grey charter” business in the UK

  

  The pilot of the crashed plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala dropped out of training for his commercial pilot's license before it was completed. David Ibbotson, who has still not been found, was not licensed to carry paying passengers, which has fuelled speculation the flight was illegal. Cardiff City striker Sala's body was found in the wreckage just off Guernsey on 4 February.

• Friday, February 8th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Emiliano Sala body recovered from the wrecked plane in the English Channel

  

  The body recovered from the wreckage of a crashed plane is that of Cardiff City player Emiliano Sala, Dorset Police have said. Sala, 28, was travelling to Cardiff in a plane piloted by David Ibbotson, which went missing over the English Channel on 21 January. The body was recovered late on Wednesday after the wreckage was found on Sunday morning.

• Monday, February 4th 2019 - 07:26 UTC

  Argentine footballer Sala wreckage plane has been discovered off Guernsey

  

  Wreckage from a plane carrying Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala has been discovered in the English Channel. The Piper Malibu N264DB was lost on 21 January on its way from Nantes, France to Cardiff, with the Argentine striker and pilot David Ibbotson on board.