New Cardiff signing onboard missing flight

Martynt74 · 8 Feb 2019 at 22:25

robfosters said:
Its a one stop journey.

Yes but how many a day?

If you have plans and want to fly at 9pm and there’s no commercial flights. What are your options.

BaZ87 · 8 Feb 2019 at 22:31

Marvt74 said:
Yes but how many a day?

If you have plans and want to fly at 9pm and there’s no commercial flights. What are your options.

The lad was looking for a commercial flight before his new agent decided to arrange that flight for him. Clearly he wanted to keep costs down so chartered the cheapest option.

robfosters · 9 Feb 2019 at 00:05

BaZ87 said:
The lad was looking for a commercial flight before his new agent decided to arrange that flight for him. Clearly he wanted to keep costs down so chartered the cheapest option.

You’d think he was the last sort of person who needed to keep costs down.

BaZ87 · 9 Feb 2019 at 00:12

Why? As he said in an email to Sala, he was only interested in him to make money.

robfosters · 9 Feb 2019 at 00:30

BaZ87 said:
Why? As he said in an email to Sala, he was only interested in him to make money.

My apologies Baz. I’ve had a few beers and misread. I thought you meant Sala wanted to keep costs down.

Well the agents got that on his conscience. If he has one.

Shamikebab · 9 Feb 2019 at 01:22

I don't think anyone forced him to get on the plane. It's a tragedy but let's not go blaming people needlessly.

Morve · 9 Feb 2019 at 08:24

Something really dodgy about that whole deal, there was around 5 people taking a slice from the transfer and Bordeaux get a 50% sell on fee

BaZ87 · 9 Feb 2019 at 12:36

Shamikebab said:
I don't think anyone forced him to get on the plane. It's a tragedy but let's not go blaming people needlessly.

Nobody grabbed him by the arm and dragged him on the plane, no. I'm sure he didn't know what sort of plane had been arranged for him when he agreed to it though nor would he have known how safe and reliable these planes were had he known anyway. He put his trust in his agent and quite possibly would have felt obligated to take the flight even had he not felt 100% comfortable.

robfosters · 10 Feb 2019 at 18:59

A go fund me has been started by the pilots family to fund a search for his body as understandably, they need closure too.

Kylian Mbappe has donated £27k. Class act from a classy guy.

Morve · 10 Feb 2019 at 22:12

robfosters said:
A go fund me has been started by the pilots family to fund a search for his body as understandably, they need closure too.

Kylian Mbappe has donated £27k. Class act from a classy guy.

Hope they find him, Nice of Mbappe , maybe a few others could chip in its peanuts to them

Martynt74 · 11 Feb 2019 at 13:52

How on earth do you go about finding a body?

I get that with a plane there are metal detectors/scanning devices that can detect an object which looks like a plane and that it'd just sink to the bottom. But a body will surely just float around and leave no trace to follow.

I get that emotionally his family will want him found and some kind of closure. But it feels like a lost cause and a waste of money to me.

Andybtsn · 11 Feb 2019 at 13:54

Marvt74 said:
How on earth do you go about finding a body?

I get that with a plane there are metal detectors/scanning devices that can detect an object which looks like a plane and that it'd just sink to the bottom. But a body will surely just float around and leave no trace to follow.

I get that emotionally his family will want him found and some kind of closure. But it feels like a lost cause and a waste of money to me.

I thought that Sala's body was found in the rear but the front had become detached? Presumably the pilot's body is still in this part.

Rroff · 11 Feb 2019 at 13:56

Marvt74 said:
How on earth do you go about finding a body?

I get that with a plane there are metal detectors/scanning devices that can detect an object which looks like a plane and that it'd just sink to the bottom. But a body will surely just float around and leave no trace to follow.

I get that emotionally his family will want him found and some kind of closure. But it feels like a lost cause and a waste of money to me.

Depends - sonar surveys can potentially show it if it is in a fixed position for some reason otherwise it will be a case of stuff like mapping the tides and other currents over the time since the incident and trying to narrow down the most likely location.

Ayahuasca · 11 Feb 2019 at 14:04

If his body has left the aircraft then it's going to be one extremely expensive search, literally needle in a haystack sort of stuff even with tide and current maps nailed on.

DB_SamX · 11 Feb 2019 at 14:29

DB_SamX said:
I disagree about the insinuation about the agent. The article says Henderson was with whom the booking was made, an experienced pilot who has transported players around Europe. However it was another pilot after all, so the question is now why was the pilot (and plane?) switched, or does Henderson only manage a fleet of planes/pilots? The agent must have trusted Henderson if the latter recommended another pilot. Who knows what Henderson said...I think it sits with him to give a statement.

Has Henderson made a statement yet?

p.s. I hadn't seen anything about the agent/transfer at point of posting.

robfosters · 11 Feb 2019 at 14:37

Horrible thought, but if it’s just floating freely in the ocean, won’t it be polished off by sealife?

Ayahuasca · 11 Feb 2019 at 15:04

robfosters said:
Horrible thought, but if it’s just floating freely in the ocean, won’t it be polished off by sealife?

Yep, the body will already be heavily disfigured.

Morve · 11 Feb 2019 at 17:53

Cause of Sala's death revealed , Head and chest injuries , at least it was fast

zophiel · 17 Feb 2019 at 09:03

Cardiff now fighting over paying the fee.

If he hadnt signed for cardiff he would still be alive.

Scum move...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/s...Cardiff-seek-Premier-League-clubs-advice.html

Jokester · 17 Feb 2019 at 10:32

Disgusting, seems the basis of their claim is that they might have paid too much for him :rolleyes: