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[Football] Emiliano Sala Cardiff City update.











Peteinblack

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Jun 3, 2004
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Bath, Somerset.
What amazes me is that pilot himself admitted that the plane was 'dodgy', yet still decided to fly it - at night, and relying on his own vision in the dark, rather than use any IT equipment or radar system.

I wouldn't normally speak ill of the dead, but he really does sound like a complete ****.
 


Klaas

I've changed this
Nov 1, 2017
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What amazes me is that pilot himself admitted that the plane was 'dodgy', yet still decided to fly it - at night, and relying on his own vision in the dark, rather than use any IT equipment or radar system.

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I was struggling to get my head around that too.

It's hardly getting on a rusty old bike thinking this looks a bit dodgy is it?
 




Springal

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Feb 12, 2005
24,712
GOSBTS
What amazes me is that pilot himself admitted that the plane was 'dodgy', yet still decided to fly it - at night, and relying on his own vision in the dark, rather than use any IT equipment or radar system.

I wouldn't normally speak ill of the dead, but he really does sound like a complete ****.

Money ? Wasn’t the pilot in a lot of debt ?

And dare say could be plenty of other ‘reasons’ to be made to do it.
 








Super Steve Earle

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Feb 23, 2009
8,874
North of Brighton
Doesn't look/sound good and i could never understand why a flight like that in time of year at night over water was allowed to fly ? Surely you would want to protect your investment. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-62594529

Brake pedal not working, mist in the cabin, loud bang in the previous flight, no night flight license, no paying passenger license. The pilot was a fool to fly and it cost him his life and poor Sala. How grubby do Cardiff look too.
 


herecomesaregular

We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Oct 27, 2008
4,622
Still in Brighton
Makes you wonder how much of this goes on? Perhaps more so abroad in less regulated countries. Madness to just "wing it" (no pun intended) on such a dangerous journey at night in a single engine plane.
In Sala's position I would hope that on taxi-ing I would say , no stop let me out (which as the single paying customer I assume one could do) but that would still take some doing.
Poor sod. RIP.
 


Iggle Piggle

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Sep 3, 2010
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I forgot Willie McKay was involved in that deal. If there is something dodgy going on, you can bet he was heavily involved.
 






dsr-burnley

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Aug 15, 2014
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I forgot Willie McKay was involved in that deal. If there is something dodgy going on, you can bet he was heavily involved.

The report does say that McKay chartered Henderson to fly the plane, who was a proper commercial pilot with the right licence. Henderson was the one who shifted the charter to a dodgy pilot in a dodgy plane, and I haven't seen any evidence that McKay was ever told that his client was flying with a cowboy.
 


Iggle Piggle

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Sep 3, 2010
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The report does say that McKay chartered Henderson to fly the plane, who was a proper commercial pilot with the right licence. Henderson was the one who shifted the charter to a dodgy pilot in a dodgy plane, and I haven't seen any evidence that McKay was ever told that his client was flying with a cowboy.

Maybe but having followed horse racing for years, McKay was always involved when something "amiss" was going on with his nags. Google seems to have been cleaned up about some of these scams and misdemeanours but this one gives you a flavour of his MO.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/nat...ay-cleared-presents-bought-facing-bankruptcy/
 




dsr-burnley

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Aug 15, 2014
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Maybe but having followed horse racing for years, McKay was always involved when something "amiss" was going on with his nags. Google seems to have been cleaned up about some of these scams and misdemeanours but this one gives you a flavour of his MO.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/nat...ay-cleared-presents-bought-facing-bankruptcy/

I'm saying nothing about the rest of his activities. Only that he doesn't appear to have been involved with this specific pilot and plane.
 










Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
The BBC coverage on this today is quite depressing. What a bloody cheapskate mess that led to this tragedy and hearing the pilot and Salas last calls as well as the footage of the plane taking off is horrendous :down:
 


Pavilionaire

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Jul 7, 2003
31,185
You wonder what might have been if Sala had made it to Cardiff and scored enough goals to give them an additional 3 points. That would have relegated us, Dunk and Gross might have been sold. Sliding doors moment.
 


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