Footballer Emiliano Sala and his pilot were exposed to harmful levels of carbon monoxide inside the cockpit of their private plane before it crashed into the Channel in January, air accident investigators have said.
The plane went down on 21 January off the coast of Guernsey, killing Sala and pilot David Ibbotson.
Toxicology tests performed on Sala showed a carboxyhaemoglobin (a mixture of carbon monoxide and haemoglobin) saturation level of 58%.
According to investigators, anything over 50% is considered to be "potentially fatal" and could trigger a heart attack, seizure or unconsciousness.
They assumed that the pilot, whose body has not been found, would also have been affected by exposure to the gas.
Mr Ibbotson's widow, Nora, exclusively told Sky News on Wednesday the thought carbon monoxide could have been behind the deaths had "never even occurred to me".
She said: "This has just come out the blue, it's a massive shock, I just didn't realise that that would have happened or could have happened.
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