Businessman who organised flight that killed footballer Emiliano Sala convicted

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The businessman who organized the 2019 flight that killed footballer Emiliano Sala was found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft.

Emiliano Sala died in a plane crash shortly after signing for Cardiff City in January 2019. AFP/File/JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER

It took the jury seven-and-a-half hours to convict Henderson, the aircraft operator, whom the trial heard had arranged the flight with football agent William “Willie” McKay.Ibbotson, who regularly flew for Henderson, did not hold a commercial pilot’s licence, a qualification to fly at night, and his rating to fly the single-engine Piper Malibu had expired.

Prosecutor Martin Goudie said Henderson had been “reckless or negligent” in the way he operated the plane, putting his business above the safety of passengers. He told the court the only difference between a commercial licence and the private licence held by Ibbotson was whether you could carry passengers for money or not, and not about ability.

 

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