Pathologists found carbon monoxide levels of 58% in Sala s blood - believed to be from the Piper Malibu aircraft s exhaust system - after the plane crashed near Guernsey on January 21, 2019.
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
after hearing of the accident mr henderson sent a series of messages. in one text, to the plane s engineer, he said not to say a word to anyone. responding to another the following morning, he wrote, need to be very careful. opens up a whole can of worms. keep very quiet. and, questions may be asked about his flying. mr ibbotson s license to fly a piper malibu aircraft had also expired two months before the incident. when asked by the prosecution, isn t the true situation that you didn t want anyone looking at how you were running these flights because you knew you were running them illegally, david henderson replied, there s probably some element of that, yes. today, david henderson has been found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft, an aircraft in which footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson were killed. tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff crown court.
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
thejury the jury deliberated here forjust over a day and a half and the majority verdict was accepted of 10-2 majority verdict was accepted of 10 2 by thejudge. david henderson will be sentenced on the 12th of november and early next year there will be fulljury inquests into the death of footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson. tomos, thank you very much indeed. russia has reported a record number of new cases and deaths from covid 19. yesterday saw more than 40,000 new cases, and over 1,100 deaths. it comes as new lockdown restrictions in moscow are introduced, with only essential shops allowed to open. workers across russia are also to be given nine days leave. steve rosenberg is in moscow. steve, how concerned are the russian authorities?