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NEWS DIGITAL

PILOT WAS

UNLICENSED FOR THE

AIRCRAFT

mercial flight and being
paid an unspecified
Britain’s Air Accidents Investigations amount for the flight,
Branch said the Piper Malibu aircraft was which was illegal.
travelling too fast as pilot David Ibbotson Investigators said it
attempted to avoid inclement weather. was likely that he was
Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala was affected by carbon
killed when the pilot of his plane lost con- monoxide. An interim
trol and flew too fast as he tried to avoid report also found that
bad weather, British aviation investigators Sala had suffered carbon
found in a report released today. monoxide poisoning
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch before the plane
(AAIB) said in its final report into the crashed.
January 2019 crash that the single-engine The AAIB has recom-
Piper Malibu aircraft suffered an in-flight mended that carbon monoxide monitors be needed to manoeuvre to avoid it,” she told
break-up and plunged in to the water fitted on all planes. reporters at a briefing on the publication of
upside down. Alison Campbell, senior inspector with the report.
The AAIB also confirmed that pilot David the AAIB, said the plane had been flown The plane was travelling at an estimated
Ibbotson, 59, was unlicensed to fly that erratically towards the end of its flight as 270 miles per hour (435 kilometres per
particular aircraft and at night time, when Ibbotson tried to avoid bad weather. hour) when it hit the water, said the AAIB.
the tragedy occurred. “There was poor weather in the area and Investigators said the impact was “not
He was also operating an unlicensed com- from his radio calls, it was clear the pilot survivable” Q

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