French Ligue1
ANOTHER TRAGEDY HIT’S SALA’S FAMILY AS DAD DIES OF HEART ATTACK
The father of footballer Emiliano Sala who was killed in a plane crash has died after suffering a heart attack.
According to metro.co.uk, Horacio Sala died three months after the tragedy in which the new Cardiff City FC signing lost his life in the English Channel.
Mayor of Sala’s hometown Julio Muller said: ‘2019 doesn’t let up in shocking us with news in this town. ‘At 5 o’clock in the morning, the lady, his wife, rang me and she was very upset.
‘The doctors were there but when I arrived at their home, he had already died.’
Horacio spoke about his pain at the loss of his son in an interview just days after the crash. He said: ‘I cannot believe it. This is a dream. A bad dream. I am desperate.’
Horacio Sala has died three months after his son’s death in January
Sala, 28, was flying to Cardiff in January following his transfer from French side Nantes when the Piper Malibu plane piloted by David Ibbotson crashed.
The Air
Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) found in its preliminary report in
February that Ibbotson was not licensed to fly fee-paying passengers and the
plane itself was not registered to undertake commercial flights, the Air
Charter Association and Cardiff said in a statement. Records have since shown
that Ibbotson was also not licensed to fly at night.