Reviews: 4 feared lifeless in non-public jet crash in Baltic Sea
HELSINKI — Four passengers aboard a non-public jet touring from Spain to Germany have been feared lifeless soon after the plane crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia’s coastline on Sunday, in accordance to Swedish and German media reports.
The Cessna Citation 551 jet, which had taken off from the Spanish city of Jerez in the afternoon, disappeared from radar even though flying over the Baltic Sea northwest of the Latvian port town of Ventspils, Swedish news agency TT documented.
The aircraft, registered in Austria, was en route to Cologne, Germany. German media stated the passengers were a family members of a few — a person, a female and their daughter — in addition to the pilot.
German newspaper Bild mentioned that the plane experienced described soon soon after takeoff that there was a problem with pressurization in the cabin. But authorities shed radio get in touch with with the plane before long soon after, and Spanish and French fighter jets were dispatched to intercept the plane.
But when they reached the aircraft, they observed no one sitting in the cockpit, Bild mentioned.
Latvian and Swedish rescue and coast guard vessels had been patrolling the crash website and a close by passenger ferry was alerted to assist in the efforts. Particles from the plane and an oil spill have been found at the web site, Swedish media studies stated.
HELSINKI — Four passengers aboard a non-public jet touring from Spain to Germany have been feared lifeless soon after the plane crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia’s coastline on Sunday, in accordance to Swedish and German media reports.
The Cessna Citation 551 jet, which had taken off from the Spanish city of Jerez in the afternoon, disappeared from radar even though flying over the Baltic Sea northwest of the Latvian port town of Ventspils, Swedish news agency TT documented.
The aircraft, registered in Austria, was en route to Cologne, Germany. German media stated the passengers were a family members of a few — a person, a female and their daughter — in addition to the pilot.
German newspaper Bild mentioned that the plane experienced described soon soon after takeoff that there was a problem with pressurization in the cabin. But authorities shed radio get in touch with with the plane before long soon after, and Spanish and French fighter jets were dispatched to intercept the plane.
But when they reached the aircraft, they observed no one sitting in the cockpit, Bild mentioned.
Latvian and Swedish rescue and coast guard vessels had been patrolling the crash website and a close by passenger ferry was alerted to assist in the efforts. Particles from the plane and an oil spill have been found at the web site, Swedish media studies stated.