Posted on 01/24/2019 6:05:03 AM PST by BenLurkin
Cardiff City's Argentine striker Emiliano Sala, 28, and pilot David Ibbotson were on the aircraft that disappeared from radar on Monday.
Guernsey Police said no trace of the plane had yet been found.
The force tweeted: "We are commencing a coastal search using the Channel Islands Air Search plane of Burhou, the Casquets, Alderney, the north coast of the Cherbourg Peninsula, north coast of Jersey and then back over Sark."
A spokesman said a search of the island of Burhou had been carried out on foot, but no trace of the plane, Sala or Mr Ibbotson had been found.
But Guernsey harbour master Captain David Barker admitted the chances of finding either man alive had "faded to almost zero".
He added: "As the Channel Islands air searcher said, the survival times for someone in the water is very low, we estimated that at around three hours, the time of survival in a life raft would be longer.
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Well, it would seem that this guy and his pilot likely didn’t survive. But I understand continuing the search. Those waters are way too cold to survive.
I’m very sorry to hear about Mr. Sala and the pilot. It doesn’t sound like there’s much hope for their survival at this point, but maybe there will be a miracle.
The owner of the Leicester soccer team and several others on board also died this past year when his helicopter crashed just outside the stadium.
Clearly life is a fragile gift.
Wasn’t this the same Piper Malibu that JFK jr crashed?
JFK, Jr. flew his Piper Saratoga into the sea on a hazy evening. The plane in which Sala was a passenger was reportedly a Piper Malibu. The Malibu is a very nice aircraft of more modern design. It is much more capable and faster than the Saratoga, though both are useful machines when properly maintained and flown.
Maintenance may have been an issue if this news story is correct -
The plane had a US registration and was being flown by Southern Air Consultancy? I wonder if that Southern Air is related to the Southern Air Transport that was owned by the CIA. Involvement in the company by the CIA might explain the US registration.
I don’t know, but small planes just seem scary.
In all seriousness, hope he is fine. Prayers to his and the pilot's family.
Nah, no conspiracy theories needed...:^)
Lot of UK pilots get their licenses in the US (Florida especially - kids and wife to Disney World, dad to the airport) and fly in the UK on that FAA license.
The same is sort of true for having N-registered (aka US ones) in the UK. The maintenance is easier and instrument flying is easier with that FL issued license.
In particular the US Instrument Rating is easier to get and keep over the UK equivalent I gather. This link talks about it a bit - https://www.caa.co.uk/Commercial-industry/Pilot-licences/ICAO-third-country-licences/Recognition-of-ICAO-third-country-licences-in-UK-airspace/ - but of course the EU weenies regard it as a loophole another reason for Brexit...:^)
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