Richard Madeley is "incredibly insensitive" during an interview with Sala's pilot's wife

Richard Madeley was accused of being "incredibly insensitive" after asking the pilot's family of David Ibbotson why they wanted to find his dead body.

David is still missing after the plane, which took Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala from Nantes to France to Cardiff, crashed in the English Channel.

His wife Nora and his daughter Danielle participated in the Good Morning Britain show today, telling hosts Richard and Kate Garraway that they will never give up on her quest.

Danielle said, "If you have hope, you should not give in. He would not stop looking for me."

She added, "We continue to hope and pray, and hope that everyone will keep my father in their prayers."

Viewers took on Twitter to accuse Richard of being insensitive to the questions he had been asking the bereaved family.

He said: "Let's be clear, you do not ask that the debris of the plane be rebadembled, because experts say that it is virtually impossible given the conditions you mentioned.

"But the single body has been brought to the surface, and now, there will clearly be a funeral, and you want the same privilege if it is possible, and you have been told that this process," he said. it ended, would cost about £ 300,000, and I've just been told that your find reached 140 after a few days, so you're almost halfway there.

"Tell us why it is so important to find the lost person Psychologically, why is it so important for you to recover it?"

David's wife said, "In order for our family unit to be back, we can go visit it, you know, and just to know it's there."

Richard then asked them how was David and Danielle described how lucky she was to have him as a father.

Kate reiterated that the family would not give up trying to find David's body.

Danielle said, "I know it might take a long time, but I do not want it to be just that."

A viewer commented: "Richard Madeley is really asking ridiculous and insensitive questions as an interviewer!"

"Richard does not ask half of the strange questions." another posted.

While one said, "What a stupid question from King Richard Madeley:" Why do you want to recover his body? "Then they can have a good burial?"

And another wrote: "Is this a serious question from Richard on GMB, why is it so important to get it back ?! F ** king seriously ?! "

The family has set up a online fundraising page .

They wrote about this: "Help us bring David Ibbotson home and help him send him the shipment he deserves.

"As a family, we rely on the kindness of kind people to help us raise the necessary funds to help us find our beloved father, husband and son."

* Good Morning Britain airs on weekdays from 6am on ITV

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