The similarities between the accident of Emiliano Sala and that of John F. Kennedy Jr.

After the discovery in the lower Channel of the aircraft in which Emiliano Sala was traveling, the comparison between the football player's accident and that of John F. Kennedy. The latter died in 1999, when the Piper Saratoga that he was piloting himself collapsed on the Atlantic Ocean. A similar aircraft was the one that transported the athlete 14 days ago.

The most important common factor between the two stories is perhaps the "spatial disorientation", Ie the loss of visual references by the pilot of the aircraft.In the face of this situation, the person in charge has no exact knowledge of his position with respect to the surface of the earth and is forced to perform all maneuvers using the only instruments on board.

On July 16, 1999, the son of the former President of the United States departed on his Piper Saratoga with his sister-in-law Lauren Bessette, heading to the seaside resort of Martha's Vineyard in Mbadachusetts. The trip was part of a longer trip towards the wedding of his cousin Rory, in the port of Hyannis. Kennedy he had obtained his pilot's license just a year before of this flight.

The ship departed Fairfield, New Jersey airport at approximately 8:38 pm and lost contact with the control tower at 9:30 pm Five hours after the start of the trip, the 38 year old man and his -sisters were always without reaching the destination. Given the obvious delay, the family began research jointly with the US Air Force. The raking included a fleet of 15 planes and Coast Guard Ships They did the same route as Kennedy, but because of the water.

After several days of research, the ship was found in the Atlantic Ocean background thanks to a group of tourists who sighted a suitcase owned by Bessette at Philbin Beach, one of Martha's Vineyard beaches.

Investigators in the case determined that the accident was due to "the inability of the pilot to control the aircraft during a night descent". In the case of Sala, on the other hand, it is suspected that the fall of the plane in which he was flying would have the same cause: "Spatial disorientation"

Sunday, after 13 days of research, the ship in which the player was traveling was found in the Channel Chain. The person responsible for driving, David Ibbotson, I did not have a commercial license or was able to fly at night.