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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Euan O'Byrne Mulligan

Emiliano Sala flight organiser did not check pilot was qualified, inquest hears

Tributes in Nantes in 2019 for Emiliano Sala after he was killed in a plane crash near Guernsey along with the pilot David Ibbotson.
Tributes in Nantes in 2019 for Emiliano Sala after he was killed in a plane crash near Guernsey along with the pilot David Ibbotson. Photograph: Loïc Venance/AFP/Getty Images

A businessman who arranged the flight that crashed into the Channel, killing footballer Emiliano Sala, failed to check if the pilot was qualified to fly the plane, an inquest has heard.

Sala, 28, died along with 59-year-old pilot David Ibbotson when the single-engine aircraft crashed near Guernsey during a flight from Frances to Wales in January 2019.

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