Accidents
Illegal Charter Is a Growing Issue in Europe
The accident in which football star Emiliano Sala was killed highlighted many questions about illegal charter flights in Europe.
An illegal charter flight in this Piper Malibu Mirage resulted in the death of the pilot and passenger.
An illegal charter flight in this Piper Malibu Mirage resulted in the death of the pilot and passenger.

Three years have passed since the high-profile crash of a Piper Malibu Mirage off the coast of Guernsey in the Channel Islands ended the life of Argentinian football player Emiliano Sala and his pilot David Ibbotson. The English Premier League star, who was traveling from Nantes in France to Wales, where he had just been signed by Cardiff City, was the sole passenger on N264DB, a U.S.-­registered 1984 PA-46-310P piston-powered pressurized single-engine airplane.

The tragic incident on Jan. 21, 2019 resulted in an international media scrum and a search for answers over the nature and circumstances of the flight, as well as the suitability of the aircraft and its crew.

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