Emiliano Sala death flight: Plane operator ran ‘cowboy outfit’, court told

David Henderson has been accused of acting ‘recklessly and negligently’ over the fatal flight (Jacob King/PA)

A man on trial in the UK over organising the flight that crashed into the English Channel killing footballer Emiliano Sala has been accused of running a “cowboy outfit”.

David Henderson, 67, from the East Riding of Yorkshire, is charged with endangering the safety of an aircraft after a plane carrying the 28-year-old striker and pilot David Ibbotson went into the sea near Guernsey on the evening of January 21 2019.