There’s more in the following link about the footballing and agency side of this accident (not behind a paywall):
https://www.theguardian.com/football...o-sala-cardiff
McKay insists he hiredthe private return flightfor Sala to say his goodbyes in Nantes because Cardiff offered only scheduled British Airways flights. He says he booked the flight via a pilot he used sometimes, Dave Henderson, and that he did not know which plane would be used or that the pilot would be Dave Ibbotson, whose body has still not been found after the
Piper Malibu light aircraft crashed.
Dalman (ed: the Cardiff city chairman) .said the club did not know the details of the flight McKay arranged for Sala after they signed him; McKay insists the club was aware he had arranged the flight.