The private jet had been pictured at Manchester airport next to the plane which was taking Man City's squad to Madrid for the second leg of their Champions League play-off second leg.
Pearce, who won 78 caps for the Three Lions and played over 700 senior games for Coventry City, Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, West Ham and Manchester ... to divert the plane to an airport ...
The transatlantic flight from Las Vegas was forced to make an emergency landing in Canada after Pearce fell ill ...