Emiliano Sala: Man who organised footballer's flight to Cardiff pleads guilty ahead of trial
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Published 18/10/2021 at 15:33 GMT
Over two years on from the tragic death of Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson, the man alleged to have arranged the flight carrying the pair has pleaded guilty to attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation. Sala's death shook the football world when the plane taking him from Nantes to Cardiff crashed into the English Channel.
Emiliano Sala
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A man has pleaded guilty to a charge in relation to the flight in which footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson died in 2019.
David Henderson has admitted attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation.
Henderson, 66, of Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, is alleged to have arranged the flight carrying Sala and Ibbotson, which crashed into the English channel in January 2019.
He will now go on trial, and has denied a separate charge of endangering the safety of an aircraft.
Sala, a 28-year-old striker involved in a multi-million pound transfer from Nantes to Cardiff, was on his way to Wales from France. Sala's body was recovered but Ibbotson's was not.
The charges have been brought by the Civil Aviation Authority. The trial is expected to last 10 days.
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