The businessman who organised the 2019 flight that killed Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala was Thursday found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft. David Henderson, 67, was convicted by a majority verdict of 10 to two over the death of the 28-year-old forward by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court.

Businessman who organised flight that killed footballer Emiliano Sala convicted

David Ibbotson, who was the pilot of the plane carrying Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala, was not authorised to fly at night, the British media reported. As per the reports, the pilot was colour blind that automatically disqualified him from night flights.

Emiliano Sala's pilot was not authorised to fly at night: Reports

The plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala that crashed in the Channel last month did not have a commercial licence, British investigators said Monday. But the Air Accidents Investigation Branch said the journey would have been allowed as a "private" flight in which costs are shared between pilot and passenger.

Emiliano Sala plane did not have commercial licence, claim investigators

French footballer Kylian Mbappe has donated £27,000 after the family of the missing pilot David Ibbotson launched a fundraising campaign to find pilot's remains.

Kylian Mbappe donates £27,000 to search fund for missing pilot David Ibbotson

British crash investigators told AFP on Tuesday they were planning "an underwater operation" in the next couple of days on the wreckage of a plane carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in the Channel.

Crash investigators planning 'operation' on Emiliano Sala's plane

An underwater seabed search for the missing plane that was carrying football player Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson began on February 3. Cardiff City's new signing Sala and the aircraft's pilot, David Ibbotson, have been missing since their plane disappeared over the Channel last week.

Underwater search for Emiliano Sala's plane begins

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