The 67-year-old Henderson was convicted by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court by a majority verdict of 10-2. Ibbotson, who regularly flew for Henderson, did not hold a commercial pilot’s license or a qualification to fly at night, and his rating to fly the Piper Malibu had expired. The body of the pilot, David Ibbotson, was never recovered.ĭavid Henderson, the aircraft operator who arranged the flight, had asked Ibbotson to fly the plane as he was away on holiday. Sala, who had played for French club Nantes, was traveling to join his new team, Cardiff, in Wales. Sala died after the single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft in which he was traveling crashed in the English Channel on Jan. ![]() ![]() CARDIFF, Wales (AP) - The businessman who organized the flight that resulted in the death of Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala was found guilty on Thursday of endangering the safety of an aircraft.
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