Aircraft Operator Found Guilty in Sala Crash Trial

Aircraft Operator Found Guilty in Sala Crash Trial
Tributes for Emiliano Sala left outside the Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau in Nantes, France, on Jan. 30, 2019. Reuters/Stephane Mahe
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The businessman who organized the flight that resulted in the death of Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala was found guilty on Thursday of endangering the safety of an aircraft.

Sala died after the single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft in which he was traveling crashed in the English Channel on January 21, 2019.