Emiliano Sala: Pilot had been asked to not fly the plane by its owner
David Ibbotson was ordered to not fly the aircraft before the fatal crash, a court hears.
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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