A man has appeared in court in connection with the plane crash which killed footballer Emiliano Sala, a pre-inquest hearing was told.
The plane carrying 28-year-old Sala and pilot David Ibbotson crashed into the English Channel in January 2019.
David Henderson, 66, pleaded not guilty to offences under the Air Navigation Order in September.
The full inquest at Bournemouth Coroner’s Court was adjourned until after the trial in 2022.
Matthew Reeve, representing Mr Sala’s family, said the delay to holding a full inquest would be a “severe blow” to them.
However senior coroner for Dorset, Rachael Griffin, said the adjournment was needed “in the interests of justice”.
At a pre-inquest review hearing, the Civil Aviation Authority said Mr Henderson, a charter pilot and aircraft broker, had been charged with offences under the Air Navigation Order.
Mr Henderson, from York, is alleged to have arranged the flight from Nantes to Cardiff in the single engine Piper Malibu aircraft, which lost contact with air traffic control north of Guernsey.
Keith Morton QC, representing the CAA, told the inquest hearing that Mr Henderson had been charged with acting in a reckless or negligent manner likely to endanger flights.
He is further charged with operating the aircraft commercially without the correct permissions.
He appeared before Cardiff magistrates and the trial at Cardiff Crown Court is not expected to take place until early 2022.
Mr Morton said the CAA’s investigation was continuing into “matters not related to this incident.”