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Two years to the death of Emiliano Sala: his family demands answers, Cardiff will launch a special fund

The striker, who was bought by Cardiff for a record sum, died in a plane crash exactly two years ago.

His family is desperate: "It's inconceivable that we still have no idea what exactly happened there."

The Welsh will raise funds for the benefit of the family

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Thursday, 21 January 2021, 14:14

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It's been two years.

Sala's Funeral Ceremony (Photo: AP)

On 19 January 2019, Cardiff celebrated as they had not celebrated for a very long time, after having managed to sign Nantes striker Emiliano Sala for € 17 million - the highest transfer fee in the club's history.

That season, the team played in the Premier League and desperately needed reinforcement in the offensive section.

Sala, who scored 42 goals in 120 games for the Nantes uniform in France, was the solution, and Cardiff counted the minutes until he made his first appearance for the team.

But two days later, as he was making his way from Nantes to Cardiff, Sala's plane crashed and he died at just 28 years old.

Today (Thursday) exactly two years after the plane crash, his family issued a statement demanding that they continue investigating to find the person responsible for Emiliano's death: "It is inconceivable that today, two years after the disaster, we still have no idea what exactly happened there and how Emiliano died. We demand to know the truth and do not want to reach the third year of his death without answers. "

Meanwhile, Cardiff has announced that it will open a special fund to raise funds for the benefit of the family: "We hope the fund will be launched in the coming weeks," the club said.

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In October last year, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced that an indictment would be filed against the person who organized the flight in which Sala was present in January 2019, which ended in a tragic crash that claimed the life of the pilot and footballer himself.

CAA chairman Richard Stevenson said the organization he heads "filed an indictment against David Henderson following violations related to the fatal plane crash on his way to England in January 2019."

Henderson, 66, who brokered the flight on which Sala boarded, For this reason, he will face a judge in the city of Cardiff in Wales, with the date of his hearing set for October 26, after he was already on trial in a British court at the end of last September. "Sala's mother deserves to hear the truth about What happened to her son, "said lawyers for Mercedes Tefarel, the mother of the late footballer.

Sala was acquired by Frenchman Cardiff Manant for € 17 million in early 2019. The player boarded a private flight en route to the capital of Wales with only the pilot present. Of the British Air Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) the pilot lost control of the aircraft while trying to maneuver at too high a speed, when it is estimated that he was trying to cope with severe weather conditions.

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