Emiliano Sala

[ijjysmith]

Being hyperbolic but just don’t get why the Cardiff owners wouldn’t have used their own plane/hired a private jet for their record signing.

Not a clue.

 

[summerisle]

 

[PhilM]

Well some aviation bloke on the radio earlier said that single engine prop planes are not supposed to fly over water.

And that the pilot qualifications for flying one are at the lower end of the table, so to speak.

Hyperbole. Perhaps it's suggested that over large stretches of water you'd like some form of redundancy (dual engine), but for that usage it is acceptable.

In the end, flying over the Channel is a lesser risk than flying over the North or Irish sea for example and both regularly have single engine flights.

 

[Eggs]

...i’m not sure of the logistics of this but there must be a possibility that this aeroplane will never be found. I heard a local saying anything falling into the sea in that area could be 20 miles away in a very short time, such are the currents.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a plane of that type doesn’t have a black box or emergency beacon. It’s just so very, very sad.

 

[dublinbluenose]

...i’m not sure of the logistics of this but there must be a possibility that this aeroplane will never be found. I heard a local saying anything falling into the sea in that area could be 20 miles away in a very short time, such are the currents.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a plane of that type doesn’t have a black box or emergency beacon. It’s just so very, very sad.

Pretty sure it has to jave some sort of transponder or something so it can be tracked on aviation radar etc. The channel.is a very busy air space.

 

[Eggs]

Pretty sure it has to jave some sort of transponder or something so it can be tracked on aviation radar etc. The channel.is a very busy air space.

...absolutely, the plane was on radar when it disappeared and the pilot had just asked air traffic control for permission to descend, but I don’t know the extent of transponder beacon it would have. I think major fleet airlines only have beacons with a limited life (a month or so).

 

[dublinbluenose]

...absolutely, the plane was on radar when it disappeared and the pilot had just asked air traffic control for permission to descend, but I don’t know the extent of transponder beacon it would have. I think major fleet airlines only have beacons with a limited life (a month or so).

Ah yeah i see what you mean, not sure aboit flight recorders if it wasn't a commercial flight.

 

[Caso01]

He'll still somehow end up scoring against us in a couple of weeks.

 

[SerenityNigh]

From what I heard earlier, the plane was a twin seater, single engine, propeller type. At night, over water, aint exactly risk free.

Piper Malibu. Not small, but not large. Flying at 5,000 feet, descended to 2,300 feet prior to radar loss. I'd describe plainly how dumb/risky I feel this was but I've been recently warned for use of language, so I'll suggest it was unnecessarily risky.

I don't know what weather conditions were, nor if this Malibu was "known icing" equipped, but these are big problems for that airplane if the weather was marginal or worse.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Apparently the plane had to attempt take off 3 to 4 times before getting into the air, and Sala had worries about the plane from the flight to France.

Very sad and seems to have been avoidable.

Absolutely nuts if true

 

[SerenityNigh]

Well some aviation bloke on the radio earlier said that single engine prop planes are not supposed to fly over water.

And that the pilot qualifications for flying one are at the lower end of the table, so to speak.

 

[maccavennie]

Horrible news, thoughts are with his family

 

[Toast]

Well some aviation bloke on the radio earlier said that single engine prop planes are not supposed to fly over water.

And that the pilot qualifications for flying one are at the lower end of the table, so to speak.

Up until recently my father in law had a single engined plane of his own, and the flying over water thing is utter tosh, as he regularly flew to France from here, getting across the Channel literally takes minutes.

And there used to be these single engined planes called Spitfires that were quite handy too..

 

[COYBL25]

Up until recently my father in law had a single engined plane of his own, and the flying over water thing is utter tosh, as he regularly flew to France from here, getting across the Channel literally takes minutes.

And there used to be these single engined planes called Spitfires that were quite handy too..

To the best of my knowledge, all the single engine training planes based at the likes of John Lennon airport routinely fly over the River Mersey every single day, weather permitting.

They even advertise taster flights as gifts and part of the blurb includes flying over the Mersey.

 

[griffla]

This is absolutely tragic, it would be a miracle but I'm praying they're both found alive somehow.
Cardiff as well. Jeez, any of their fans with religious tendencies must think someone 'up there' just doesn't want them in the prem next year.