after an extensive public and private search, they are the wreckage and the argentine s body was found. i m trial for endangering the safety of an aircraft, has been 67 year old david henderson, the plain operator and crucially the one in charge of choosing pilots in behalf of the owner. the jury here in cardiff have heard several pieces of evidence to suggest that mr henderson knew that his pilot was not free fit to fly. in a series of text messages which started on august 2018, night flying was discussed. a qualification the pilot did not have. the operator as the pilot to suppliers night rating. in a message the month before the crash, david henderson was made aware that the qualification had still not been achieved. realising the weather could be trencher s on the weather could be trencher s on the 1st of january 2019 and knowing
reach the norrie is in action and looking to reach the third round. the businessman who arranged a flight for footballer emiliano sala to travel to cardiff has been found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft. the plane carrying sala, flown by pilot david ibbotson, crashed into the sea near guernsey in 2019, killing both men. sala had just been sold to cardiff city for £15 million. over the course of the trial the jury heard evidence showing that david henderson was aware that the pilot he chose was unfit to fly. tomos morgan is outside the court in cardiff. as you say, on the 21st of january 2019, cardiff city s new signing, argentinian footballer emiliano sala was on his way to the welsh capital
from nantes, the flight took place at night in bad weather and crashed into the english channel. 67 year old david henderson has been the man on trial here. he was the operator of that plane and also, crucially, the man responsible for choosing pilots, and over the course of this two week trial the jury has heard several pieces of evidence to suggest that mr henderson knew that pilot david ibbotson wasn t fit to fly emiliano sala that evening. footballer emiliano sala s last message before his night time flight on the 21st of january 2019, from nantes to cardiff, crashed into the english channel. after an extensive public and private search the wreckage and the argentine s body was found, but the pilot s, david ibbotson, was never recovered. on trial for endangering the safety of an aircraft has been 67 year old david henderson, the plane s operator, and crucially the one in charge
67 year old david henderson has been the man on trial here. he was the operator of that plane and also, crucially, the man responsible for choosing pilots, and over the course of this two week trial the jury has heard several pieces of evidence to suggest that mr henderson knew that pilot david ibbotson wasn t fit to fly sala that evening. footballer emiliano sala s last message before his night time flight on the 21st of january 2019, from nantes to cardiff, crashed into the english channel. after an extensive public and private search the wreckage and the argentine s body was found, but the pilot s, david ibbotson, was never recovered. on trial for endangering the safety of an aircraft has been 67 year old david henderson, the plane s operator, and crucially the one in charge
of choosing pilots on behalf of the owner. the jury here in cardiff has heard several pieces of evidence to suggest that mr henderson knew that his pilot was not fit to fly sala. in a series of text messages which started in august 2018, night flying was discussed, a qualification it appeared mr ibbotson did not have. then in october the operator asked the pilot to acquire his night rating. the reply was, it didn t seem possible any time soon. and in a message a month before the crash, david henderson was made aware that the qualification still hadn t been achieved. realising that the weather could be treacherous on the 21st of january 2019 and knowing that mr ibbotson didn t have the qualifications to fly in those conditions, david henderson texted the pilot, asking him to blag the rating required to fly in bad weather outside of uk airspace, to which the reply was, yes, done it before.