Accident or Foul Play?
Update as of 10.25, 23.1.2019. AOL reports as follows: The search resumes after a WhatsApp voice message emerged that Sala sent to friends while on the plane bound for Cardiff. In the recording the footballer says he is "getting scared" and "aboard a plane that seems like it is falling to pieces". I treat all messages from disappeared/crashed aircraft since 9/11 with a certain degree of scepticism but this may be reliable. Note we have still been given scant information about the ownership or pilotage of the plane in question. Why?
Now (13:00) via BBC News: "Plane UK owned; USA Registered; Pilot still unknown." All very strange.
Update 14.00 24.1.2019 Via Sky: https://news.sky.com/story/pilot-of-missing-plane-carrying-cardiff-footballer-named-as-dave-ibbotson-11615510
The pilot named
"The private pilot flying the plane which has gone missing with Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala on board has been named as David Ibbotson. Mr Ibbotson, 59, from Crowle, near Scunthorpe, has been missing with the newly signed footballer since the plane disappeared from radar over the English Channel on Monday night. He has been associated with skydiving company Target Skysports, based in Hibaldstow, North Lincolnshire.
Plane's owner
From: https://www.pressreader.com/
It is believed that a football agent may have helped Sala book the flight. The plane’s registered owner is the Suffolk-based company Southern Aircraft Consultancy (SAC), according to the US Federal Aviation Administration. SAC confirmed the company was a trustee for the plane for “registration purposes only” and it was cooperating with authorities.
Football agent named
The plane was registered to the family of Scottish football agent Willie Mckay. Sala was not one of his clients but he is thought to have been involved in brokering the transfer from FC Nantes to the Bluebirds.
From: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/fb-6624693/Who-Willie-McKay-football-mega-agent-brokered-biggest-transfers-history.html
Monaco-based Willie McKay is one of the most successful agents in the game, brokering huge contracts over the years and pulling the strings to secure some of the biggest transfers in history.
In his career he has been involved in 485 deals, ranging from Ronaldinho's move from Paris Saint-Germain to Barcelona to acting for Queens Park Rangers during negotiations to sign Joey Barton on a free transfer. He has represented Joey Barton, Charles N'Zogbia, Ross McCormack, Pascal Chimbonda and Amdy Faye, among others. His twin sons Paul and Jack have gone on to become footballers while his other son Mark followed his career path to become a football agent.
McKay, who was born in Scotland, was one of five men arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting in November 2007 as part of the City of London Police football corruption probe before he was cleared of any wrongdoing 18 months later. In December 2008, he was given a suspended ban by the FA for breaching regulations by acting for two different clubs in two consecutive transfers of Portsmouth and Manchester City striker Benjani. His footballing twins Jack and Paul McKay, 22, have been on the books of Doncaster Rovers, Leeds United and Cardiff City.
Pilot a "bit rusty with ILS
From: https://www.metro.news/prem-ace-emiliano-salas-pilot-im-a-bit-rusty/1405367/
David Ibbotson, known as ‘Dibbo’, was at the controls of the single engine PA-46 Malibu that picked up Cardiff City’s £15million signing on Monday. The 60-year-old from Scunthorpe, who also worked as a gas engineer, had landed in Nantes from Cardiff on Saturday and posted on Facebook: ‘Was not too bad when I got there but I’m a bit rusty with the ILS’ — a reference to the instrument landing system.
"They are not going to find me. I'm so scared"
Sala told friends in the WhatsApp voice message he was travelling on ‘a plane that seems like it is falling to pieces’ adding 'In an hour and a half if you haven’t had news of me, I don’t know if they’ll send someone to look for me because they’re not going to find me. Dad, I’m so scared.’
Four attempts to take off
Reports suggest the plane needed up to four attempts to take off before leaving Nantes in Brittany.
Question: Who actually made the arrangements for the flight and what was the Piper Malibu's maintentence schedule and flight record?
Emiliano Sala with Ken Choo after signing for Cardiff
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ARAB_enGB463GB464&biw=1280&bih=882&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=zBxHXIAH2J_V8A_K7KoQ&q=Emiliano+Sala+cardiff+images&oq=Emiliano+Sala+cardiff+images&gs_l=img.3...7292.10070..10540...0.0..0.85.579.8......1....1..gws-wiz-img.MWkRSN29sDU#imgrc=idGaf4vU6I5x9M:
These days, whenever a plane falls from the sky, the question must be asked, accident or foul play? When all the evidence has been meticulously sifted, hopefully all will be revealed. Maybe not. It could result from mechanical failure, navigational or pilot error, or sudden illness, or from deliberate interference with an essential element of the aircraft.
At the moment it doesn't look good for the occupants of the plane - a Piper Malibu plane registration PA 46 - which appears to have disappeared over the sea. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane, near the Casquets lighthouse, around eight miles north-west of Alderney at 8.30pm.
Occupants included the promising Argentinian football player Emiliano Sala, who recently signed to the Malasian owned club Cardiff City, from Nantes FC in Brittany, France, for £15 million.
Guernsey Coastguard received an alert at 8.23pm on Monday from Jersey Air Traffic Control, that a light aircraft had gone off their radar approximately 15 miles north of Guernsey. Channel Islands Air Search chief officer John Fitzgerald told The Associated Press the plane "just completely vanished". The aircraft was flying at 5,000 feet. The aircraft on passing Guernsey requested descent. Jersey ATC lost contact whilst it was flying at 2,300 feet.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/emiliano-sala-everything-we-know-15713183
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ARAB_enGB463GB464&q=Arnaud+Wajdzik&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh7KfDzoHgAhXtXhUIHUSNDhgQ7Al6BAgFEA0&biw=1280&bih=882#imgrc=3DDeq2vmHIN0_M:
"Selon nos sources, il n’y aurait que deux passagers (dont Emiliano Sala) à bord de l’avion qui comptait six places, et non trois comme indiqué par certains médias." (According to our sources, there would be only two passengers (including Emiliano Sala) aboard the plane that had six seats, and not three as indicated by some media.)
Confusingly there is this tweet on his page,
"
Replying to
The actress Barbara Schulz has come to the premises of Ouest-France in Nantes
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ARAB_enGB463GB464&q=Arnaud+Wajdzik&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh7KfDzoHgAhXtXhUIHUSNDhgQ7Al6BAgFEA0&biw=1280&bih=882#imgrc=D1ajXwLzsD8fxM:
He has just posted the following tweet. A tad suspicious or just a speedy response to a likely tragedy?
"Un rassemblement est prévu ce soir place Royale à #Nantes. "Retrouvons-nous nombreux, ce soir à partir de 18h30. Exprimons une pensée pour Emiliano, les autres passagers et leurs proches en déposant des tulipes jaunes au pied de la fontaine", réagit l'association A la nantaise" (A gathering is scheduled tonight Royal place at #Nantes. "Let's meet a lot of people tonight from 6:30. We express a thought for Emiliano, the other passengers and their relatives by dropping yellow tulips at the foot of the fountain ", reacts the association to the Nantes)
For biographical information on Arnaud Wajdzik see: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/ouest-france-arnaud-wajdzik-nouveau-directeur-des-redactions-4458562&prev=search
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/missing-plane-latest-emiliano-sala-feared-to-be-on-board-flight-travelling-to-cardiff-from-nantes-a4045271.html
A single engined Piper Malibu similar to the one missing
From Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Tan
Cardiff City F.C.
In May 2010, Malaysian Datuk Chan Tien Ghee took over as club chairman, with Vincent Tan also investing and joining the board.[41]
Emiliano Sala with Ken Choo after signing for Cardiff
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ARAB_enGB463GB464&biw=1280&bih=882&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=zBxHXIAH2J_V8A_K7KoQ&q=Emiliano+Sala+cardiff+images&oq=Emiliano+Sala+cardiff+images&gs_l=img.3...7292.10070..10540...0.0..0.85.579.8......1....1..gws-wiz-img.MWkRSN29sDU#imgrc=idGaf4vU6I5x9M:
These days, whenever a plane falls from the sky, the question must be asked, accident or foul play? When all the evidence has been meticulously sifted, hopefully all will be revealed. Maybe not. It could result from mechanical failure, navigational or pilot error, or sudden illness, or from deliberate interference with an essential element of the aircraft.
At the moment it doesn't look good for the occupants of the plane - a Piper Malibu plane registration PA 46 - which appears to have disappeared over the sea. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane, near the Casquets lighthouse, around eight miles north-west of Alderney at 8.30pm.
Occupants included the promising Argentinian football player Emiliano Sala, who recently signed to the Malasian owned club Cardiff City, from Nantes FC in Brittany, France, for £15 million.
Guernsey Coastguard received an alert at 8.23pm on Monday from Jersey Air Traffic Control, that a light aircraft had gone off their radar approximately 15 miles north of Guernsey. Channel Islands Air Search chief officer John Fitzgerald told The Associated Press the plane "just completely vanished". The aircraft was flying at 5,000 feet. The aircraft on passing Guernsey requested descent. Jersey ATC lost contact whilst it was flying at 2,300 feet.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/emiliano-sala-everything-we-know-15713183
An official involved in the search has cast doubt on whether either of the two passengers on the aircraft will have survived a crash.
"After all this time the weather's quite cold, the water is very cold out there... I am not expecting anyone to be alive," Channel Islands Air Search chief officer John Fitzgerald told The Associated Press.
"I don't think the coastguard are either. We just don't know how it disappeared at the end of yesterday." He said the plane "just completely vanished. There was no radio conversation".
This has rather eerie resonance with the Malaysian plane MH370 that went missing with 239 passengers on board on the 8th March, 2014, never found and never explained.
Following from: https://www.goal.com/en/news/live/emiliano-sala-missing-plane-no-survivors-expected-as-cardiff/1ncwzzli1x19v1e3k73iw8rzoc
Following from: https://www.goal.com/en/news/live/emiliano-sala-missing-plane-no-survivors-expected-as-cardiff/1ncwzzli1x19v1e3k73iw8rzoc
Channel Island Air Search 'confident' floating objects are from plane
1 hour ago
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ARAB_enGB463GB464&q=Arnaud+Wajdzik&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh7KfDzoHgAhXtXhUIHUSNDhgQ7Al6BAgFEA0&biw=1280&bih=882#imgrc=3DDeq2vmHIN0_M:
"Selon nos sources, il n’y aurait que deux passagers (dont Emiliano Sala) à bord de l’avion qui comptait six places, et non trois comme indiqué par certains médias." (According to our sources, there would be only two passengers (including Emiliano Sala) aboard the plane that had six seats, and not three as indicated by some media.)
Confusingly there is this tweet on his page,
"
Replying to
Mirror, il y a 46 minutes
"French journalist Arnaud Wajdzik tweeted this morning: "A private plane has been reported missing since last night in Nantes and Cardiff.
"The player Emiliano Sala who was scheduled to leave for Cardiff last night was apparently not on that plane."
Arnaud Wajdzik
@awajdzik
Journaliste et directeur départemental @OuestFrance44 #Nantes #SaintNazaire#NDDL #medias #politique #PQR #FCNPayé pour interroger les faits
Nantes, France
The actress Barbara Schulz has come to the premises of Ouest-France in Nantes
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ARAB_enGB463GB464&q=Arnaud+Wajdzik&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh7KfDzoHgAhXtXhUIHUSNDhgQ7Al6BAgFEA0&biw=1280&bih=882#imgrc=D1ajXwLzsD8fxM:
He has just posted the following tweet. A tad suspicious or just a speedy response to a likely tragedy?
"Un rassemblement est prévu ce soir place Royale à #Nantes. "Retrouvons-nous nombreux, ce soir à partir de 18h30. Exprimons une pensée pour Emiliano, les autres passagers et leurs proches en déposant des tulipes jaunes au pied de la fontaine", réagit l'association A la nantaise" (A gathering is scheduled tonight Royal place at #Nantes. "Let's meet a lot of people tonight from 6:30. We express a thought for Emiliano, the other passengers and their relatives by dropping yellow tulips at the foot of the fountain ", reacts the association to the Nantes)
For biographical information on Arnaud Wajdzik see: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/ouest-france-arnaud-wajdzik-nouveau-directeur-des-redactions-4458562&prev=search
Arnaud Wajdzik, 44, takes charge of the editorial offices of Loire-Atlantique, after Cyrille Pitois, who has become a regional reporter.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/missing-plane-latest-emiliano-sala-feared-to-be-on-board-flight-travelling-to-cardiff-from-nantes-a4045271.html
A single engined Piper Malibu similar to the one missing
From Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Tan
Cardiff City F.C. 
Owner: Vincent Tan
| Born |
Vincent Tan Chee Yioun
February 1952 (age 66)
Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
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|---|---|
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Occupation | Founder of Berjaya Corporation Owner of Cardiff City Football Club Owner of FK Sarajevo Co-Owner and director of Los Angeles FC Owner of K.V. Kortrijk |
| Home town | Batu Pahat |
| Net worth | US$820 million (September 2018)[1] |
Berjaya Corporation[edit]
Tan studied entrepreneurship and leadership skills, through that he established it into Berjaya Corporation. He is known as a pioneer in many innovative business sectors in Malaysia, known for bringing the McDonald's franchise business into Malaysia in the early 1980s, and has since introduced other international food and beverage franchises to the country.
Berjaya Corporation's core businesses include consumer marketing and direct selling, financial services, property investment and development, as well as hotels, resorts and recreation development. It also specialises in gaming and lottery management, food and beverage, environmental services and clean technology investment, motor trading and distribution, finally telecommunication and information technology-related services, solutions and products.
In 2010, Tan received a gaming license for his wholly owned subsidiary Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd.[6] However the license was revoked in October 2010, and as of July 2018 the government said it had no plans to reissue it.[7]
Below are the listed subsidiaries under Berjaya Corporation Berhad:
- Berjaya Land Berhad
- Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad
- Berjaya Food Berhad (including Pappa Richi brand)
- REDtone International Berhad
- Berjaya Philippines Inc.
Chairman: Mehmet Dalman
From Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Dalman
Mehmet Dalman (born 1958, Paphos, Cyprus[1]) is a British-Turkish Cypriot investment banker.[2] He is Chairman of Premier League football club Cardiff City.[3]
Career[edit]
From 1990 to 1995, Dalman served as the Head of European and Japanese Equities at Credit Lyonnais Securities and Head of Quantitative Marketing at The Nikko Securities Europe.[7] He served as a Managing Director at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Capital Markets Limited, and Head of Japanese Equities and Equity Derivatives for Asia Pacific. Between 1997 and 2004, Dalman was the first non-German to sit on the board of the German bank Commerzbank. He founded the WMG Group / WMG Advisors LLP in 2004. In January 2012, Dalman joined the Cardiff City F.C. board as the Bluebirds looked to return to the top flight and was subsequently made chairman in July 2013.
As we are all aware there has been a very unfortunate history of plane crashes involving Malaysian aircraft in mysterious or murky circumstances. Some commentators have suggested this is not unrelated to the approach Malaysia has taken to the activities of the Israel State, particularly as it relates to the Palestinian population.
Only five days ago the Malaysian Prime Minister banned Israeli participation in international sporting events it hosts. Israel blamed the decision on Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s "rabid anti-Semitism”. See: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-eu/assad-blocks-access-to-damascus-for-eu-envoys-diplomats-idUKKCN1PG1H2
Now we have a plane in which a high-profile footballer was travelling on his way to Malaysian-owned, Malaysian-promoting, British football club, disappearing from the sky in mysterious circumstances.
The coincidence, particularly in the light of previous events, is chilling and cannot be dismissed until thorough investigation proves otherwise.
Another suspicious indicator! Wikipedia reported Sala as deceased even before search for aircraft completed! The following tweet was posted at approx 0900 22.1.2019. It states "He died in a plane crash"!
Another suspicious indicator! Wikipedia reported Sala as deceased even before search for aircraft completed! The following tweet was posted at approx 0900 22.1.2019. It states "He died in a plane crash"!
Already announced dead on #wikipedia. Not cool... Searchs are going on in the channel. #emilianoSala #FCNantes #CardiffCity #breaking
FURTHER INTRIGUE: The Daily Mail reorts Berenice Schkair, 27, made a extraordinary mafia claim on social media after the new Cardiff City star's plane went missing over the English Channel . 'Investigate the football mafia because I don't believe this was an accident.'she said.
ReplyDeleteBBC report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47166633
ReplyDeleteThe body recovered from the wreckage of a crashed plane is that of Cardiff City player Emiliano Sala, Dorset Police have said. Sala, 28, was travelling to Cardiff in a plane piloted by David Ibbotson, which went missing over the English Channel on 21 January.
The body was recovered late on Wednesday after the wreckage was found on Sunday morning and Dorset Police confirmed the identification on Thursday night (7.2.2019) at Portland.
In a statement, the force said: "The body brought to Portland Port today, Thursday 7 February 2019, has been formally identified by HM Coroner for Dorset as that of professional footballer Emiliano Sala.
Mr Ibbotson, 59, from Crowle, North Lincolnshire, was at the controls when the flight lost contact with air traffic controllers on 21 January. He is yet to be found.
Mr Mearns said the plane was identified by sonar, 67m (220ft) below the surface, before a submersible with cameras was sent underwater to confirm this.During the recovery operation, the AAIB used a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) to aid the search, with no divers involved.
The body was moved first, and separately from the wreckage, to maximise the chances of it being successfully brought to the surface.
It said efforts to recover the crashed plane as a whole proved unsuccessful, before being abandoned due to poor weather.
From: https://www.givemesport.com/1450505-close-friend-of-emiliano-sala-says-missing-striker-never-wanted-to-board-the-plane?autoplay=on&utm_source=outbrain-rss&utm_medium=outbrain-rss&utm_campaign=outbrain-rss&utm_term=MSN+-+EN-GB+-+News
ReplyDeleteOne of Sala's closest friends, Maximiliano Duarte, has now bravely come out in an emotional interview and suggested the 28-year-old striker was made to travel against his wishes.
Duarte claims Sala was "obliged" to board the plane and that he said the "conditions were totally forced".
"In the audio message it's clear, and in some previous messages he sent me he told me he wanted to stay and sleep: 'I don't want to travel, I'd prefer to stay here tonight.'
"He didn't want to travel, there is someone responsible, I don't want to speak more than what is normal until the information is clearer.
"There is an agreement among our friends not to say more for now."
Sala seemed to have reservations about leaving France for Wales, which only adds to the mystery surrounding the tragedy.
Sala's family may miss out on £600,000 owing to contractural error.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/premier-league/cardiff-mistake-could-cost-emiliano-salas-family-£600k-as-agent-defends-transfer/ar-BBTTicT?MSCC=1551047679&ocid=spartandhp
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IN CABIN NOW SUGGESTED AS CAUSE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS OF PILOT AND CRASH!
ReplyDeleteSee: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/emiliano-sala-exposed-to-harmful-levels-of-carbon-monoxide-on-board-plane/ar-AAFNBc1?MSCC=1565792945&ocid=spartandhp