• In Latvian waters A private plane that took off from Jerez crashes in the Baltic Sea

Three of the four occupants of the private plane that took off yesterday from Jerez (Cádiz) and crashed in Latvian waters are members of the same family, which owns an aeronautical company in Germany.

Apparently, according to the German newspaper 'Express', the man who was piloting the missing plane is the German businessman

Peter Griesemann

, 72, owner of the German air taxi and medical aircraft company Quick Air, based in Cologne.

According to this same medium, which has been able to speak with family friends, they would travel with him, his wife Juliane, 68;

his daughter Lisa, 26;

and a friend of the young woman, 27. The family had a house in

Zahara de los Atunes

since the 1980s.

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A private plane that took off from Jerez crashes in the Baltic Sea

  • Writing: PABLO HERRAIZMadrid

A private plane that took off from Jerez crashes in the Baltic Sea

The plane, a Cessna with flight number OE-FGR, was registered in Austria and departed from Jerez, with the intention of landing in Cologne (Germany), but after takeoff pressure problems were reported in the cabin, according to the German newspaper ' Bild'.

The company Quick Air, owned by Griesemann, was founded in 1992 and has a fleet of ten air ambulances.

It is part of the Griesemann group, a supplier of industrial equipment.

At the moment, the rescue teams have not found any of the occupants.

According to the Latvian maritime rescue service, the search operation is being carried out in an area of ​​six kilometers around the scene of the accident.

According to the German newspaper 'Bild', the rescue teams have so far found fuel and remains of the plane at the crash site, so there is little hope of finding the occupants alive.

This same medium collects the opinion of the aviation safety expert Hans Kjäll, who has told the Swedish news agency TT that

a pressure problem

inside the aircraft cabin could have caused the passengers to lose consciousness.

This can happen in a matter of seconds, especially at the level of altitude in which small planes usually fly, according to this same expert.

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