Costa Rican authorities reported that a small plane carrying five German nationals, including the CEO of gym chain McFit, disappeared off the coast Friday night.
The Ministry of Public Safety confirmed Saturday that the Coast Guard found wreckage believed to be from the plane.
McFit founder and CEO Rainer Schaller was certainly one of five passengers on the plane, which was traveling to the eastern a part of Costa Rica when it went missing.
His partner Christiane Schikorsky and their children were the opposite passengers on board, German newspaper Bild reported.
“For the time being we’ve got not situated living or deceased people,” Nation Coast Guard Service director Martin Arias said during a press conference. Costan Rican media outlet Telediario reported later Saturday that the body of a baby had been found, but authorities haven’t yet confirmed that story.
The plane departed from Mexico and lost communication with the control tower near Barra de Parismina within the Caribbean Sea. Authorities initiated search protocols however the poor weather prevented an evening search and will only start Saturday morning.
McFit spokeswoman Jeanine Minaty said the corporate didn’t have some other information presently, DW reported.
The search began at 5 a.m. local time, and it took 50 minutes for rescue employees to locate the primary stays some 17 miles from the Limón airport, where the plane was headed.
The McFit gym chain is the most important in Germany, with greater than 200 locations domestically, and extra locations in Austria, Italy, Poland and Spain and a membership of 1.4 million subscribers.
Costa Rican authorities reported that a small plane carrying five German nationals, including the CEO of gym chain McFit, disappeared off the coast Friday night.
The Ministry of Public Safety confirmed Saturday that the Coast Guard found wreckage believed to be from the plane.
McFit founder and CEO Rainer Schaller was certainly one of five passengers on the plane, which was traveling to the eastern a part of Costa Rica when it went missing.
His partner Christiane Schikorsky and their children were the opposite passengers on board, German newspaper Bild reported.
“For the time being we’ve got not situated living or deceased people,” Nation Coast Guard Service director Martin Arias said during a press conference. Costan Rican media outlet Telediario reported later Saturday that the body of a baby had been found, but authorities haven’t yet confirmed that story.
The plane departed from Mexico and lost communication with the control tower near Barra de Parismina within the Caribbean Sea. Authorities initiated search protocols however the poor weather prevented an evening search and will only start Saturday morning.
McFit spokeswoman Jeanine Minaty said the corporate didn’t have some other information presently, DW reported.
The search began at 5 a.m. local time, and it took 50 minutes for rescue employees to locate the primary stays some 17 miles from the Limón airport, where the plane was headed.
The McFit gym chain is the most important in Germany, with greater than 200 locations domestically, and extra locations in Austria, Italy, Poland and Spain and a membership of 1.4 million subscribers.
