The plane carrying Emiliano Sala before his death broke up in mid-air, an investigation has confirmed. Sala was travelling from Nantes to Cardiff on a private Piper Malibu aircraft in January 2019 when it disappeared off radar.
It was later found at the bottom of the English Channel. Sala's body was recovered but pilot David Ibbotson, 59, has not been found.
A full report into the crash was released on Friday afternoon and it claims that the plane suffered an in-flight break up while being flown too fast for its design limits.
Mr Ibbotson lost control while attempting to avoid bad weather. The investigation added that pilot Ibbotson was probably affected by carbon monoxide poisoning.
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