AIRCRAFT OPERATOR FOUND GUILTY IN EMILIANO SALA CRASH TRIAL

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The organiser of the flight in which footballer Emiliano Sala died has been found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft.

28 year old Sala and 59 year old pilot David Ibbotson, died in the crash in the English Channel in January 2019.

67 year old David Henderson, of Yorkshire England, was found guilty after a trial at Cardiff Crown Court.

He had also previously admitted trying to arrange a flight for a passenger without permission or authorisation.

It took the jury seven and a half hours to convict Henderson, who will be sentenced on November 12, by a majority verdict.