The case of the tragically injured football player Emiliano Sala has not yet received an epilogue, but…
David Henderson (67), the man who organized the flight in which football player Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson were killed, was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Namely, last month, Henderson was found guilty because he endangered the safety of the plane, as he admitted that he contracted the flight without permission or authorization.
Let’s recap, the plane in which Sala and the pilot David were in crashed in the English Channel in January 2019, when the football player set out to sign a contract with Cardiff.
The body of the football player was found only a few weeks later, while the pilot was never found.
According to the prosecution, Henderson was supposed to fly the plane, but at that time he was on vacation in Paris with his wife, which is why he hired Ibbotson, and he did not have a permit for commercial and night flights.
- He ignored certain (security) requests when it suited him and his business interests – stated prosecutor Martin Goody.
The owner of the small plane, Faye Keely, stated during her testimony that she explicitly asked the defendant not to use Ibotson’s services anymore, after several reported violations.
