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Emiliano Sala

Post by murtonquaker » Wed Jan 23, 2019 1:21 am

Not looking good for Cardiff record signing, signs at the weekend just gone, goes back to his old club to say goodbye to his former team mates, then goes missing off the Channel Islands in the light aircraft he was a passenger in.

Not looking good for him now, been a few bad months for Aviation Relation Incidents in football.

Emiliano Sala: Search for Cardiff City FC player's plane suspended

[quote=BBC]Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala was on a light aircraft which went missing over the Channel Islands.
The £15m Argentine striker, 28, was one of two people on board the Piper Malibu which lost contact off Alderney in the Channel Islands on Monday night.
Cardiff City, which signed Sala from French club Nantes in a record deal on Saturday, said it was "very shocked".

Guernsey Police said there was "no trace" of the Cardiff-bound flight and has suspended the search for the night.
"We have found no signs of those on board," the force tweeted.
"If they did land on the water, the chances of survival are at this stage, unfortunately, slim."

Hundreds of fans gathered in Place Royale, Nantes and laying tulips at a fountain.
The gesture is a tribute to Sala and the pilot on board the flight.

Nantes fans gathered in the city to pay tribute to their former striker
Flowers have been placed in Place Royale, Nantes in tribute to the player
Sala's father, Horacio, told Argentine TV channel C5N, he heard the news from a friend.
"I didn't know anything. I couldn't believe it," he said. "I'm desperate. I hope everything goes well."
Meanwhile, John Fitzgerald, chief officer of the Channel Islands Air Search, said the probability of finding anyone alive from the missing aircraft was "reducing very rapidly".

"I think with the sea temperatures and the sea conditions the chances of finding anybody alive are reducing all the time," he said.

"The sea temperatures are very, very cold and just sap the core temperature of anybody in the water very, very quickly."
The plane left Nantes in north west France at 19:15 and had been flying at 5,000ft when it contacted Jersey air traffic control requesting descent, Guernsey Police said.
The plane lost contact while at 2,300ft and disappeared off radar near the Casquets lighthouse, infamous among mariners as the site of many shipwrecks, eight miles (13km) north-west of Alderney.

The force added UK authorities have been calling airfields on the south coast to see if it landed there but there had been no confirmations and a decision about an overnight search would be made at sunset.
A spokesman for the French Civil Aviation Authority said the Piper PA 46 Malibu aircraft was French but had not been registered in France.

"We can confirm Emiliano Sala was on board," he said.

"This morning, the French research started with one French national navy ship and one aircraft. The investigation will determine which authority will take the lead on the research."

Sightings of red flares were reported during a lifeboat and helicopter search, but "nothing of significance was found", a Channel Islands Air Search spokeswoman said.

Police said on Tuesday more than 1,150sq miles had been searched by five aircraft and two lifeboats. The search had resumed after being called off overnight "due to strengthening winds, worsening sea conditions and reducing visibility".
Cardiff Airport confirmed the aircraft was due to arrive from Nantes at 20:45 but "did not arrive as planned.
Spencer Birns, commercial director at the airport, said: "We are in close contact with the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) and will continue to assist with their enquiries in any way we can."
Guernsey harbour master Captain David Barker said no distress call had been received and if the search continues into the night it is unlikely to have a good outcome.

Media captionCardiff City signed the 28-year-old from French club Nantes
Flowers have been left outside the Cardiff City Stadium

"We are looking for any traces of an aircraft, a life raft, persons in the water, life jackets," he said.

The Met Office said conditions were not "too intense" at the time the aircraft went missing but had become wetter and windier later in the evening.
John Fernandez, a reporter for BBC Guernsey, said it was a difficult area to search.
"A number of search vessels are out searching the area. It's known for its strong currents - there are a number of shipwrecks," he added.

"The search area is absolutely massive at the moment. They're searching a number of different spots at the moment - they're not sure whereabouts this plane might have gone down."

'Last goodbye'

Cardiff signed Sala for a club record fee after protracted negotiations with Nantes and he was due to join his new teammates for training on Tuesday.
In a statement, the club's chief executive Ken Choo said training had been cancelled and they were praying for "positive news" for the player and pilot.
He added: "We were very shocked upon hearing the news that the plane had gone missing. We expected Emiliano to arrive last night into Cardiff and today was due to be his first day with the team.

Police tweeted a map of the area which had been searched

"Our owner, Tan Sri Vincent Tan, and chairman, Mehmet Dalman, are all very distressed about the situation."
He has been among the top scorers in France in recent years and had scored 13 league and cup goals this season, third behind Kylian Mbappe and Nicolas Pepe.
Nantes president Waldemar Kita said: "I'm thinking of his friends, his family, I'm still in hope, he's a fighter, it's not over, maybe he's somewhere, waiting for some news that we hope will be positive, we are very touched by all the support received since this morning."

Sala began his playing career at Argentine side Club Proyecto Crecer, before moving to French club Girondins Bordeaux in 2012.
His previous side, Nantes, has postponed its games against Entente on Wednesday and St Etienne on Saturday

The most recent tweet from Sala's account was a picture of him and his former team-mates, captioned "La ultima ciao", or "the last goodbye".
Local journalist Arnaud Wajdzik said the atmosphere in Nantes was "very emotional", and people planned to gather in the town square on Tuesday evening for a vigil.[/quote]


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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by Spyman » Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:38 am

Very sad story.

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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by Darlo_Pete » Wed Jan 23, 2019 4:49 pm

Unbelievable story, hope Cardiff had taken out an insurance policy? Commiserations to Sala's family and to Cardiff City.

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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by AndyPark » Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:09 pm

Darlo_Pete wrote:Unbelievable story, hope Cardiff had taken out an insurance policy?
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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by murtonquaker » Thu Jan 24, 2019 5:09 pm

Guernsey Police have officially called off the search now

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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by Darlo_Pete » Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:51 pm

Apparently Sala's family have raised 150k to start a private search.

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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by murtonquaker » Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:30 pm

Darlo_Pete wrote:Apparently Sala's family have raised 150k to start a private search.
If they still have hope, then fair play to them, I saw an emotional interview with his sister who refused to believe he is gone.

But let's be real, it happened nearly a fortnight ago, any chance of him being found alive now is probably up there with finding Lord Lucan and Shergar alive

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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by lo36789 » Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:49 pm

It feels unlikely that experts would lie about chances of survival. I don’t see what the motivation would be so would tend to agree with them.

Maybe I am heartless and trying to contextualise things too much but hearing that members of the public had funded a private search to find a multi-millionaire employee of a multi-million revenue generated firm owned by a multi-billionaire when there are all sort of other humanitarian disasters around the world which could probably do with a fraction of that money it just didn’t sit right.

Obviously it is sad news but no more so than any other loss of life which happens daily.

As for hoping Cardiff have insurance - wow - I mean of all the thoughts and cares about this that isn’t even on the spectrum. Literally could not care a jot if they had insurance or not!

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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by AndyPark » Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:52 pm

murtonquaker wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:Apparently Sala's family have raised 150k to start a private search.
If they still have hope, then fair play to them, I saw an emotional interview with his sister who refused to believe he is gone.

But let's be real, it happened nearly a fortnight ago, any chance of him being found alive now is probably up there with finding Lord Lucan and Shergar alive

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It happened last week? No where near a fortnight.. Just saying.

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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by murtonquaker » Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:23 pm

AndyPark wrote:
murtonquaker wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:Apparently Sala's family have raised 150k to start a private search.
If they still have hope, then fair play to them, I saw an emotional interview with his sister who refused to believe he is gone.

But let's be real, it happened nearly a fortnight ago, any chance of him being found alive now is probably up there with finding Lord Lucan and Shergar alive

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It happened last week? No where near a fortnight.. Just saying.
Your right...

Got my dates wrong...

But whether, it's a week or fortnight, there's practically no chance of him having survived.

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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by murtonquaker » Mon Feb 04, 2019 3:17 pm

Just seen on sky sports app

'Body found in Sala plane wreckage'

http://www.skysports.com/share/11627899

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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by Darlo2807 » Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:58 pm

Confirmed to be the body of Emiliano Sala. Rest in peace.

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Re: Emiliano Sala

Post by murtonquaker » Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:52 am

Just been reading the body was that of Sala, the pilots body has not yet been found...

My thoughts are with all those linked to this

RIP Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson

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