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Re: Light aircraft gone down from Nantes to Cardiff near Guernsey last night?
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Croesy Blue
28 year old lad, his poor family. If it’s gutting for us imagine what it’s like for them.
And that's what matter, football is not the issue now .
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A Quiet Monkfish
I'm as level-headed and laid back as anyone, but this has shocked me utterly and completely to the core. A genuine heart-felt sadness which has hit me unexpectedly. Apologies for a self-centered post , but words do really fail me..
Yes , it's made me feel very humble and sad .
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Re: Light aircraft gone down from Nantes to Cardiff near Guernsey last night?
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A Quiet Monkfish
I'm as level-headed and laid back as anyone, but this has shocked me utterly and completely to the core. A genuine heart-felt sadness which has hit me unexpectedly. Apologies for a self-centered post , but words do really fail me..
I know what you mean, I feel useless, helpless and devastated.
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I’ve only just been told about this just can’t believe it
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Search is continuing but still no traces according to Guernsey Police
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The chances either have survived are very slim, but until it’s confirmed, we can only hope for a miracle. A French sports journalist on Talksport, said he was a lovely lad, and compared him as an “Argentinian Jamie Vardy” as in he’d chase down every single ball.
I was so looking forward to seeing him in our colours. Absolutely gutted if he and the pilot have perished.
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A Quiet Monkfish
I'm as level-headed and laid back as anyone, but this has shocked me utterly and completely to the core. A genuine heart-felt sadness which has hit me unexpectedly. Apologies for a self-centered post , but words do really fail me..
Exactly this. Made me really think about how fragile it all is. If he broke his leg 2 weeks ago he would be sitting having breakfast with his family and if he couldn't hit a barn door this season he would be doubting himself at training with his mates. Genuinely shocked and sad about this.
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Tragic, thoughts with the familes of Sala and Pilot.
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The most exiting days in his life and his family.
Absolutely tragic news. Hoping they are ok somehow.
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Originally Posted by
A Quiet Monkfish
I'm as level-headed and laid back as anyone, but this has shocked me utterly and completely to the core. A genuine heart-felt sadness which has hit me unexpectedly. Apologies for a self-centered post , but words do really fail me..
Same. For some reason the fact that one of the Nantes defenders gave him a lift to the airport has got to me, just the idea of his mate dropping him off and saying good luck and give me a shout when you get there. Probably most of us have done that for a friend
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Saying pilot requested an emergency landing
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This is all very ominous but hope he and the pilot are found quickly. :frown:
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Eric Cartman
Exactly this. Made me really think about how fragile it all is. If he broke his leg 2 weeks ago he would be sitting having breakfast with his family and if he couldn't hit a barn door this season he would be doubting himself at training with his mates. Genuinely shocked and sad about this.
Same here.
Weird as he was only our player 5 minutes but think it puts life into perspective and how fragile it is and ultimately how vulnerable to fate we all are.
Utterly shocking and sad.
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This is truly shocking. So sorry for his family.
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the other bob wilson
I know what you mean, I feel useless, helpless and devastated.
So true, Bob. I can't believe how much this hits home, the fragility of life and what delmbox said, a Nantes defender (obviously a good friend) seeing him off at the airport. Likely for the last time. Just horrid.
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The French civil aviation authority have confirmed that Sala was a passenger on the missing plane.
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Originally Posted by
A Quiet Monkfish
I'm as level-headed and laid back as anyone, but this has shocked me utterly and completely to the core. A genuine heart-felt sadness which has hit me unexpectedly. Apologies for a self-centered post , but words do really fail me..
You've described how I feel exactly.
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I am absolutely stunned, really really shocked.
Football aside thoughts with his family and friends and same for the other person on board. Hoping for a miracle.
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Does anyone have any idea of what the chances are of him being found? I can see Guernsey Police putting out updates but it just doesn't seem very hopeful at all.
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Best wishes from across the bridge.
I hope Sala and the other passengers and pilot are found safely.
Very sad.
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Virtually nil chance of him and pilot bring found alive, now. I hope I'm wrong but it will need a miracle now.
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WalesOnline are quoting the chief executive of Channel Islands Air Search, who said that there could be a life raft if it was a controlled ditching.
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Just listening to TalkSport where they had an expert pretty much say:
Training that pilots go through to fly one of these is far less understandably than a passanger plane. You can even apply at age of 17 to fly one of these.
Bad weather apparently doesn't pose a threat to a piper malibu (make of plane), and anyone trained to fly these planes know what conditions to fly in, so according to him weather shouldn't have been the cause, as they just do not fly in bad weather.
Also, there are no parachutes on these aircrafts at all. Nothing. So pilots are trained to be able to get the aircraft to the ground because of this. The pilot has a life jacket and oxygen if required. Passenger unlikely to have one at all.
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uncle bob
Fair point just made. If this was a controlled ditch, contact would have been made with ATC after requesting emergency landing. This does not sound like it happened.
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LeningradCowboy
WalesOnline are quoting the chief executive of Channel Islands Air Search, who said that there could be a life raft if it was a controlled ditching.
"We were called out by Guernsey Coastguard at 8.30pm, just as the aircraft had dropped off the radar and we were over Alderney by about 9pm.
We stayed there until midnight before we flew back to Guernsey to change over the crew and refuel.
There was about 15 to 20 miles visibility so we could see quite a lot during the first search but the lifeboats found it quite difficult. That area is always quite rough but from 1,000 feet, we can see straight down. It was not that bad but at about 2 or 3 am wintry showers set in and the search was postponed. We went out again at 8am.
I am sure something will be found eventually. The plane was flying at 2,000ft when it dropped off the radar so it could have flown for about five or six miles before touching down.
But whether it was a controlled ditching or if it dived in, we just do not know. If it was a controlled ditching, you would expect to find a life-raft but if it was uncontrolled I expect an oil slick and wreckage may be found.”
I take a small amount of hope from the fact that you would expect an oil slick to be a lot more visible to searching planes and helicopters than a life raft.
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No "mayday"? No emergency locator beacon? Getting desperate here...no phone call, presuming within signal range. All points to a catastrophic event.
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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... :-(
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the other bob wilson
"We were called out by Guernsey Coastguard at 8.30pm, just as the aircraft had dropped off the radar and we were over Alderney by about 9pm.
We stayed there until midnight before we flew back to Guernsey to change over the crew and refuel.
There was about 15 to 20 miles visibility so we could see quite a lot during the first search but the lifeboats found it quite difficult. That area is always quite rough but from 1,000 feet, we can see straight down. It was not that bad but at about 2 or 3 am wintry showers set in and the search was postponed. We went out again at 8am.
I am sure something will be found eventually. The plane was flying at 2,000ft when it dropped off the radar so it could have flown for about five or six miles before touching down.
But whether it was a controlled ditching or if it dived in, we just do not know. If it was a controlled ditching, you would expect to find a life-raft but if it was uncontrolled I expect an oil slick and wreckage may be found.”
I take a small amount of hope from the fact that you would expect an oil slick to be a lot more visible to searching planes and helicopters than a life raft.
Fingers crossed this is the scenario. Can't get this out of my head. Hope both Sala and pilot are safe.
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Only 28, for god sake. Absolutely tragic, struggling to understand this.
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French Civil Aviation authority has confirmed Sala was on board.
How is this possible?!
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Total and utter shock.
Football matters not a jot at this time.
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An extract of a navigational chart of the area:
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Guernsey Police Twitter:
So far over 1,000sq miles have been searched by a total of five aircraft and two lifeboats. It is being co-ordinated by the Joint Emergency Services Control Centre.
There has been no trace of the aircraft.
The search is continuing.
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Taunton Blue Genie
There seems to be a lot of land around if the plane was able to glide for 5 or 6 miles as quoted. But surely we'd have had word by now if they have landed.
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Doesn't seem real. Praying for a miracle.
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This is incredibly sad news. 28 years old and with exciting times ahead. Let us hope for a miracle.
I have been reading the local press in Nantes and there is an unconfirmed report, and I stress unconfirmed, that the plane had had some difficulty taking off from Nantes Atlantique Airport inasmuch as it had 2 or 3 attempts to do so.