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Seven Years Without Emiliano Sala

Published January 21, 2026, 13:34
Seven Years Without Emiliano Sala

Today marks seven years since the disappearance of Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala. Nantes and Cardiff expressed their sadness on social media. Sala disappeared on January 21, 2019, while traveling from Nantes to Cardiff to join his new team. The wreckage of the plane and his body were found 17 days later. Businessman David Henderson, who organized the flight, was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2021. The pilot, David Ibbotson, was also killed in the crash, but his body was never found. It was proven that Ibbotson did not have the necessary licenses to fly the aircraft in those conditions. Shortly before the flight, Sala had sent an audio message to friends, expressing his fear of flying. The plane disappeared from radar north of the island of Guernsey after requesting to descend to a lower altitude.