UK pilot arrested over footballer's death in cross-Channel flight

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David Henderson, 64, a private pilot from York, north-east England, has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following a four-month investigation into the light aircraft crash over the Channel in which Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, travelling from France to his new club Cardiff, died and the pilot, hired by Henderson, missing and presumed dead.

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A pilot has been arrested over the death of a Premier League footballer who was a passenger in a light aircraft that crashed into the English Channel, reports The Times.

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