More than three years after Emiliano Sala disappeared in a plane crash on his way to Cardiff where he had just been transferred from Nantes, chilling CCTV footage shows the attacker Argentinian and the pilot of the plane just before takeoff were revealed by the BBC Wales, as well as audio documents where we hear the pilot David Ibbotson and Sala on the telephone.
“I went to look for a footballer in Cardiff. They entrusted me with the mission of recovering it in a dangerous (plane). Usually I have my life jacket between the seats, but tomorrow I will wear (it) for sure,” David Ibbotson said in one of the recordings the day before departure.
“I’m on a plane that seems to be falling apart,” warned Emiliano Sala just before takeoff. “If you can’t hear me in an hour and a half…I don’t know if anyone will be looking for me, they won’t find me.” I’m so scared. »