Cardiff City Footballer Feared Missing after aircraft disappeared near Channel Island
It's clear that regulations were broken. But to prove beyond reasonable doubt that breaching these was the cause of the deaths is going to be very hard. Not sure the CPS has the right charge here. I think the defendant may get away with it, but later face prosecution from the CAA.
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It's clear that regulations were broken. But to prove beyond reasonable doubt that breaching these was the cause of the deaths is going to be very hard. Not sure the CPS has the right charge here. I think the defendant may get away with it, but later face prosecution from the CAA.
I am presuming that Henderson had been given the job of managing the aircraft by the aircraft’s owner, he advertised himself as an aircraft manager. He would not have been doing his job if he released the aircraft without checking the qualifications of the pilot, if he was then involved in a conversation with the pilot to instruct him to conduct a flight outside of his qualifications then it makes it an easier case to prove. Henderson also advertised himself as an Air Charter Broker which makes it more difficult to put as his defence that he just put someone in contact with a friend. Anyone approaching him for a charter has a reasonable expectation that they will be put in a licenced aircraft with a qualified pilot.
it was at the point that Willie Mackay made his public announcement that he approached Henderson to arrange a charter that I decided that a manslaughter charge would have a good chance of success.
Unfortunate for the prosecution if they are depending on Willie McKay as a witness. He has already got off very leniently for harassment of Cardiff City employees, now he has been charged with two counts of fraudulent transfer of property.
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de minimus non curat lex
It's clear that regulations were broken. But to prove beyond reasonable doubt that breaching these was the cause of the deaths is going to be very hard. Not sure the CPS has the right charge here. I think the defendant may get away with it, but later face prosecution from the CAA.
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A couple have appeared in court for posting pictures of his post mortem examination.
How sick are those two b*stards??
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What were those two twisted individuals thinking? I'm sure that money came into it somewhere.
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Those persons are the first to appear in court.
There seems to be a loud silence concerning the rest of the people involved directly or not in the footballer's death.
Those who commissioned the flight, the aircraft broker who even lent his credit card to the pilot.
Hard to believe how a parachute dropping pilot, only involved in a few illegal air-taxi operations, could be considered even remotely qualified for air charter transport of a VIP.
Obviously the aircraft broker contacted the pilot, and knew everything about his qualifications and recency on the aircraft...
There seems to be a loud silence concerning the rest of the people involved directly or not in the footballer's death.
Those who commissioned the flight, the aircraft broker who even lent his credit card to the pilot.
Hard to believe how a parachute dropping pilot, only involved in a few illegal air-taxi operations, could be considered even remotely qualified for air charter transport of a VIP.
Obviously the aircraft broker contacted the pilot, and knew everything about his qualifications and recency on the aircraft...
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AAIB second special report published
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib...-malibu-n264db
Sala's blood contained Carbon Monoxide at over 50%, which is considered a potentially fatal dose.
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib...-malibu-n264db
Sala's blood contained Carbon Monoxide at over 50%, which is considered a potentially fatal dose.
Well this puts a new perspective on things...
Possibly fatal levels of Carbon Monoxide...
AAIB
Possibly fatal levels of Carbon Monoxide...
AAIB
Toxicology tests on the blood of the passenger showed a carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) saturation level of 58%.
COHb is the combination product of carbon monoxide (CO) with haemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein molecule contained in red blood cells.
CO is a colourless, odourless gas produced from the incomplete combustion of carbon-containing materials.
It readily combines with haemoglobin in the blood, decreasing the carriage of oxygen and causing a direct effect on the performance of those parts of the body which rely on oxygen for proper function.
A COHb level of 50% or above in an otherwise healthy individual is generally considered to be potentially fatal.
In this type of aircraft, the cockpit is not separated from the cabin2 and it is considered likely that the pilot would also have been affected to some extent by exposure to CO
COHb is the combination product of carbon monoxide (CO) with haemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein molecule contained in red blood cells.
CO is a colourless, odourless gas produced from the incomplete combustion of carbon-containing materials.
It readily combines with haemoglobin in the blood, decreasing the carriage of oxygen and causing a direct effect on the performance of those parts of the body which rely on oxygen for proper function.
A COHb level of 50% or above in an otherwise healthy individual is generally considered to be potentially fatal.
In this type of aircraft, the cockpit is not separated from the cabin2 and it is considered likely that the pilot would also have been affected to some extent by exposure to CO
That changes things somewhat - 50% is well over the fatal concentration. Carbon monoxide is a byproduct of incomplete combustion, so that is most likely to be either exhaust leakage into the cabin or a fire. This might throw a new light on the strange behaviour of the plane in the last few minutes of flight if the pilot was also being overcome by fumes.
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Sala 'exposed to carbon monoxide in plane crash'
Footballer Emiliano Sala, who died in a plane crash over the English Channel, had been exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide, a report has revealed.
Sala and pilot David Ibbotson, crashed on 21 January when travelling to Cardiff from the French city of Nantes.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said in a report that toxicology tests found a high saturation level of carbon monoxide in Sala's blood.
Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle, Lincolnshire, has still not been found.
But it is likely he would also have been exposed to carbon monoxide, the report added.
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49345186
Sala and pilot David Ibbotson, crashed on 21 January when travelling to Cardiff from the French city of Nantes.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said in a report that toxicology tests found a high saturation level of carbon monoxide in Sala's blood.
Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle, Lincolnshire, has still not been found.
But it is likely he would also have been exposed to carbon monoxide, the report added.
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49345186
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Emiliano Sala exposed to harmful levels of carbon monoxide on board aircraft
Brings a whole different slant to the investigation!
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...cid=spartanntp
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If I remember right, there is some questions about the pilots competency / legality of caring fare paying passenger. But does this finding mean that aircraft was at fault rather than the pilot ? I presume small or any aircraft don't have carbon monoxide alarms ?