Five German citizens are missing off the coast of Costa Rica. They were traveling in a small plane when contact was lost.
Update from October 22, 8:39 p.m .: Emergency services discovered two dead people on the coast of Costa Rica. It is said to be the corpse of an adult and a child, as the television station Teletica reported on Saturday, citing the Ministry of Public Security. The identity of the two bodies is still unclear. It is therefore still unclear whether it is about the missing Germans.
Costa Rica: Debris found after contact with small plane was lost – “McFit” founder also missing
Update from October 22, 3:52 p.m .: Off the coast of Costa Rica, emergency services have found several pieces of debris in the sea. Parts of a fuselage, seats and a bag were sighted during a reconnaissance flight about 28 kilometers from Limón airport, TV channel Teletica reported on Saturday, citing the Central American country’s Ministry of Public Safety. There was initially no further information about the passengers.
Costa Rica: contact with small plane broke off – “McFit” founder among missing people
Update from October 22, 2:08 p.m .: According to information from Bild am Sonntag , it is now known who the five occupants of the plane who have been missing since Friday are. It is said to be the multimillionaire and founder of the fitness chain “McFit”, Rainer Schaller. In addition, his girlfriend and her two children are on board. The fifth person is a man named Marcus Kurreck.
The spokeswoman for the “McFit” operator RSG-Group GmbH, Jeanine Minaty, confirmed this information to the image . “We don’t know any more at the moment,” he said. Contact with the private plane en route from Mexico to Costa Rica was lost on Friday. A search operation of the neighboring countries should be continued on Saturday. According to the picture , the machine is a private aircraft of the Piaggio 180 type.
Five Germans missing off the coast of Costa Rica: contact with small aircraft broke off
First report from October 22nd: Puerto Limón – Five German passengers were on their way to Costa Rica. Contact suddenly broke off off the coast of the Caribbean state. The five Germans are considered missing.
Costa Rica: Contact with private plane breaks off – five German missing
The five missing people were on a private plane, it said on Saturday (October 22). The light aircraft was on its way from Mexico to Limón province airport on Friday when contact was lost at 6:00 p.m. (Saturday, 2:00 a.m. CEST), said Costa Rican Public Safety Minister Jorge Torres.
The machine suddenly lost its connection with the control tower at Barra de Parismina airport, and all measures were taken immediately to locate it, Torres said in a video published by his ministry.
Costa Rica: Search had to be stopped – further measures planned for Saturday
Because of the falling night and bad weather, the search was called off after a few hours. It should continue on Saturday.
Pictures of planes from Costa Rica had already caused consternation in April. A cargo plane broke in two on the runway. Twelve passengers were injured on a flight from Spain to Argentina. Shortly before Brazil, the plane encountered severe turbulence. Suitcases and bags, as well as food trays, were apparently also thrown through the cabin. (chd/AFP)
