Cardiff striker's plane goes missing

[Jordinho]

A small plane carrying Cardiff's new signing from Nantes, Emilio Sala, apparently disappeared off the radar just north of Guernsey. Not seen much reports on this yet.

 

[Spursman]

its awful, fearing the worst. The guy was coming over to play in the prem and it looks as if he never will.

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

Its a real shocker.

And the longer the search goes without success the less likely he will be found alive.

Horrible to say, but theres every chance that point has already passed.

 

[jts1882]

The pilot asked permission to descend near Guernsey, suggesting an issue, and then lost contact at 2,300ft. Even if they survived the "landing" they wouldn't survive long in the sea.

A poignant last tweet:

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[PochettinoPochettinoPochettino]

Awful news. Hopefully they have crash landed somewhere and are safe but that is very unlikely.

Why get a light aircraft like that though is beyond me. Would much rather get a commercial jet or private jet than a propelled plane. I'm not the best flyer though and thats coming from someone who has a brother who is a pilot and wife who is cabin crew.

 

[Grays_1890]

Its a huge shame this, fearing the worse

 

[Daisuk]

The plane disappeared yesterday evening ... fudging hell, looks grim.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/22/cardiff-city-emiliano-sala-missing-plane-channel

Terrible stuff.

 

[scaramanga]

Awful news. Hopefully they have crash landed somewhere and are safe but that is very unlikely.

Why get a light aircraft like that though is beyond me. Would much rather get a commercial jet or private jet than a propelled plane. I'm not the best flyer though and thats coming from someone who has a brother who is a pilot and wife who is cabin crew.

Depends entirely on where you're going from/to.

Sometimes a light aircraft is easier than travelling somewhere that a larger aircraft/commercial can fly from.

 

[jts1882]

Cardiff is not that provincial.

 

[Lemonade Money]

Depends entirely on where you're going from/to.

Sometimes a light aircraft is easier than travelling somewhere that a larger aircraft/commercial can fly from.

It's not the ease, it's the danger.

 

[scaramanga]

It's not the ease, it's the danger.

It's a miniscule risk. Well worth the time saving.

 

[SteveAWOL]

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[parklane1]

Tragic.

 

[Robbo]

Such a tragedy. Hopefully there will be a miracle and they're found alive.

























Warning - way too premature remark, in very poor taste below.

Surprised this didn't happen with our on loan, Kane replacement striker, judging by our luck so far this season.

Sorry.

 

[Seedy Ron]

Poor sods. Can't see any other outcome than the worst.

 

[SpurMeUp]

No distress call as far as we know? Seemingly just feel out the sky.

Miniscule chance of being found alive now - 24 hours later, in darkness, in freezing waters. Would take a DL easyjet flight over light aircraft in winter everyday. Had the medical and signing been completed? Are clubs insured to cover such a freak loss?

 

[Moby]

Poor guy :-(

 

[Lemonade Money]

It's a miniscule risk. Well worth the time saving.

This thread says otherwise.

 

[NaijaSpurs]

The plane was a Piper Malibu, looks a bit lightweight for me, but then I am no expert.

It is really tragic

 

[scaramanga]

This thread says otherwise.

That's not how probability works.