Light aircraft gone down from Nantes to Cardiff near Guernsey last night?

[BLUETIT]

Nantes city centre this evening

@FCNantes’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/FCNantes/status/...010683904?s=09

He must be well loved !

Hoping for a miracle

[Auntie Andy]

This is sad

Chief officer of Channel Island Air Search tells me they have found what appears to be seating and orange material in the sea. They’re fairly confident it is from the plane. If feasible, the coastguard could choose to send a diver down to examine below the water surface

https://twitter.com/rebeccatvnews/st...228425728?s=21

[jeepster]

This is sad

Chief officer of Channel Island Air Search tells me they have found what appears to be seating and orange material in the sea. They’re fairly confident it is from the plane. If feasible, the coastguard could choose to send a diver down to examine below the water surface

https://twitter.com/rebeccatvnews/st...228425728?s=21

So so sad

[rs3100]

This is sad

Chief officer of Channel Island Air Search tells me they have found what appears to be seating and orange material in the sea. They’re fairly confident it is from the plane. If feasible, the coastguard could choose to send a diver down to examine below the water surface

https://twitter.com/rebeccatvnews/st...228425728?s=21

The sad thing about this is it implies that the plane went down quite close to the islands. To send a search and rescue/recovery diver down the maximum depth is 50m. I don't know the waters around the channel islands well, but think it exceeds that depth quite close to the islands.

[Chris Pontprennau Blues]

Do these sized planes have "black boxes"?

[mrbluejay]

Do these sized planes have "black boxes"?

Pilot on Radio Wales said no.

[Sky High Bluebird]

Do these sized planes have "black boxes"?

There is no requirement for them to be fitted on this type of aircraft.

I gather that this is the aircraft involved.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/merseyflight/32073507264/

[Taunton Blue Genie]

The sad thing about this is it implies that the plane went down quite close to the islands. To send a search and rescue/recovery diver down the maximum depth is 50m. I don't know the waters around the channel islands well, but think it exceeds that depth quite close to the islands.

I posted an up-to-date navigational chart of the area earlier in this thread. It shows the depths concerned. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/attachment.php...7&d=1548157296

[The Bob Banker Spanker]

This is sad

Chief officer of Channel Island Air Search tells me they have found what appears to be seating and orange material in the sea. They’re fairly confident it is from the plane. If feasible, the coastguard could choose to send a diver down to examine below the water surface

https://twitter.com/rebeccatvnews/st...228425728?s=21

What we were dreading to read

[surge]

What curse has been put on our club since Leicester away? Thoughts being with the family of the player at this time; here's hoping that it's all ok in the end.

[William Treseder]

If we get the news we are all dreading tomorrow, then hopefully something good can come from it, in the guise of a long and lasting friendship between Cardiff City fans and Nantes supporters.

[Der Kaiser]

If we get the news we are all dreading tomorrow, then hopefully something good can come from it, in the guise of a long and lasting friendship between Cardiff City fans and Nantes supporters.

The two cities are twinned with each other. No matter what the outcome, I imagine that relationship will be much stronger than most cities that are twinned together.

[surge]

If we get the news we are all dreading tomorrow, then hopefully something good can come from it, in the guise of a long and lasting friendship between Cardiff City fans and Nantes supporters.

A friendly between City and Nantes would be nice.

[goats]

If we get the news we are all dreading tomorrow, then hopefully something good can come from it, in the guise of a long and lasting friendship between Cardiff City fans and Nantes supporters.

Isn t Cardiff twinned with Nantes? I can foresee a game between both clubs coming about to pay respects if we get the news we are all dreading.

[Forgotmyoldaccount]

All hope is lost. Just hope they recover the bodies.

[LeningradCowboy]

https://www.twitter.com/GFFN/status/1087770073182408705

A moving homage for Emiliano Sala unfolding in the centre of Nantes this evening.

[rs3100]

I posted an up-to-date navigational chart of the area earlier in this thread. It shows the depths concerned. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/attachment.php...7&d=1548157296

Thanks TBG, 50m depth is really close to land.

[Watamistakatomaka]

This is just so surreal. I feel so sorry for the families of the Pilot and Sala as it just seems impossible for it to be true.

I’m still struggling to take this all in... :-(

I feel exactly the same. Totally gutted and feeling sick!

[soulsurfer3]

I feel exactly the same. Totally gutted and feeling sick!

I have felt physically sick worrying about this man today, so much so I had to get out of the house for a while. It didn`t work, really struggling to come to terms with this absolute tragedy.

[goats]

I have felt physically sick worrying about this man today, so much so I had to get out of the house for a while. It didn`t work, really struggling to come to terms with this absolute tragedy.

I think a lot of people felt like this today. It’s just so surreal....

[billy.ronson]

Just doesn’t seem to be real and can’t imagine what his and the pilot”s family must be going through tonight .

[Auntie Andy]

Just doesn’t seem to be real and can’t imagine what his and the pilot”s family must be going through tonight .

Pilot named in this article.

https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actu...rimente/980322

According to our information, this former graduate in art and geography from Saint John University in York, was alone with Emiliano Sala aboard this small aircraft before disappearing radar on Monday night. White hair and wrinkled face, Dave Henderson appeared a few years ago, in a report by the BBC in which he returned to his main business of "private aircraft conveyor" around the world.
"Pilot Dave Henderson has done nearly a hundred transatlantic crossings by light aircraft, sometimes in extreme conditions," reads the website of the English channel. A "profession" he had been practicing for over twenty years. Dave Henderson had set up his own aviation consulting firm. "If you have to use general aviation for whatever reason, anywhere in the world, I can probably help you," says his LinkedIn page. The different places in the world where he went to drop small planes appear on his Facebook page. Dave Henderson had made stops in Greenland, India, China, Japan, Florida and California.

[Des Parrot]

Pilot named in this article.

https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actu...rimente/980322

The whole article dispels the comments on the pilots forums about inexperience.

[The Bob Banker Spanker]

When you hear of these sort of things you don’t really consider how close to home these tragedies can get. I thought the Leicester one really brought home that life is too short, but this one takes it to another level in the sense of how close to home it actually is.
So surreal, my thoughts and prayers are going out to Emiliano’s family and friends as well as the pilot’s.

[LeningradCowboy]

When you hear of these sort of things you don’t really consider how close to home these tragedies can get. I thought the Leicester one really brought home that life is too short, but this one takes it to another level in the sense of how close to home it actually is.
So surreal, my thoughts and prayers are going out to Emiliano’s family and friends as well as the pilot’s.

When it was reported over the weekend how seriously ill Sean Morrison had been, I thought 'Thank God we didn't have a situation like Leicester but with one of our players'.

And now this had happened. I still can't really comprehend it.