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David Ibbotson was ordered to not fly the aircraft before the fatal crash, a court hears.

The pilot of the plane that crashed killing Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala had never held a licence to fly at night, a British court was told on Wednesday.

LONDON: The owner of a plane that crashed with Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala on board told a UK court on Wednesday she had ordered the operator not to use the pilot. The plane — a single-engined Piper Malibu — came down in the Channel in January 2019, killing the 28-year-old striker and the 59-year-old pilot David Ibbotson as they returned from France to Wales. The

THE pilot flying the plane that crashed with footballer Emiliano Sala on board had never held a night-flying licence, a court has heard.

A court heard Sala was being flown by unlicensed stand-in pilot David Ibbotson, 59, when the plane went down in stormy weather in January 2019. | ITV News Channel

Owner of plane in Sala crash 'forbade use of pilot'

Submitting... Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson were on board the plane which crashed in the Channel in January 2019. A civil action lodged in London by his mother, sister and brother has been put before the High Court and also lists the plane’s owners. Solicitor Daniel Machover said the case was to protect the family’s right to sue after the inquest, which is due to be held in Bournemouth this week. Mr Machover said: “The family know the inquest will provide the answers to the very many q...