Emiliano Sala: David Henderson sentenced to 18 months in prison over plane crash deaths

The trial heard that the 67-year-old aircraft operator had arranged the flight with football agent Willie McKay and had asked Ibbotson to fly the plane as he was away on holiday in Paris with his wife. Ibbotson, 59, flew regularly for Henderson, but did not hold a commercial pilot's licence or a qualification to fly at night. His rating to fly the single-engine Piper Malibu had also expired.