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Sep 21, 2022 · An inquest found the player, who had just signed for Cardiff City, died from head and chest injuries but was deeply unconscious, having been poisoned by fumes from the plane's faulty exhaust system.
On 21 January 2019, a Piper PA-46 Malibu light aircraft transporting Argentine football player Emiliano Sala crashed in the English Channel off Alderney in the Channel Islands. It had been travelling from Nantes, France, to Cardiff, Wales. Sala was due to begin his career at Cardiff City.
Mar 17, 2022 · Emiliano Sala died as a result of a plane crash, having been overcome by toxic levels of carbon monoxide during an unlicensed commercial flight, an inquest jury has concluded.
Nov 12, 2021 · The plane carrying 28-year-old Sala crashed into the English Channel on the evening of January 21 2019, killing the striker and pilot David Ibbotson, 59. Businessman who organised fatal flight for footballer found guilty.
- Lara Keay
Sala was killed in a plane crash off Alderney on 21 January 2019. He was a passenger aboard a Piper Malibu light aircraft flying from Nantes to Cardiff. An initial three-day search that covered 4,400 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi) across the English Channel failed to locate the crash site.
Nov 12, 2021 · Sala, 28, and Mr Ibbotson, 59, were killed when the plane plunged into the English Channel in January 2019. Plane operator David Henderson hired Mr Ibbotson to fly Sala from Nantes to...
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Jun 9, 2024 · The inquest concluded Sala died from head and chest injuries but would have been “deeply unconscious” from carbon monoxide poisoning by the time the aircraft hit the sea.
