Emiliano Sala missing plane

[mattc]

Flippin eck

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46966424
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The Argentine striker, 28, was one of two people on board the plane which lost contact off Alderney in the Channel Islands on Monday night.

Sala reportedly sent a WhatsApp voice message to family, saying he was "really scared".

Media in Argentina reported that he said: "I'm on a plane that looks like it's going to fall apart."
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[De Sisti]

Sad that this country is obsessed celebrity. No mention has been made of the pilot being missing.

[T42]

Nor yet here. Yet another light aircraft going down is only news unless there's a celebrity on board.

I've been on flights where the plane started wallowing and the pilot began looking at the wings with a hard torch for ice. Not nice.

[Kim]

Nor yet here. Yet another light aircraft going down is only news unless there's a celebrity on board.

...or if there's a dramatic rescue.  Which seems distinctly unlikely.

[T42]

The pilot was one Dave Ibbotson, apparently a finance expert and " a bit rusty" by his own admission. Having seen a professional handling a single-engined Piper in icy weather, "a bit rusty" is a good reason to look up the Easyjet timetable.

[spesh]

The plot thickens...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in relation to the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala who died in a plane crash.

The striker, who had signed with Cardiff City, was killed in the crash along with pilot David Ibbotson.

A spokesperson for Dorset Police said a 64-year-old man from North Yorkshire had been arrested and released while investigations continue.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48694561

ETA - this comes after reports of two people being charged in relation to photos purporting to be of Sala's post-mortem appearing online: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-48527219