(CNN) — Five people, including Gold’s Gym owner Rainer Schaller and the pilot, are feared dead after the plane they were traveling in crashed off the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.
The Costa Rican Ministry of Public Security released a copy of the flight log to CNN. Schaller, a German citizen and business magnate, traveled on a private plane on Friday with four other German citizens and a pilot, according to the filing. Among the German citizens were his accomplice Christian Shikorski and two minors.
According to Martin Arias, vice president of Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Security, the coast guard found the wreckage of a plane in the Caribbean Sea at 5:50 a.m. Saturday morning local time. 28 kilometers from Limon Airport in Costa Rica.
Photo taken by Rainer Schaller during the opening of a new gym in Madrid, Spain on December 13, 2021. Credit: Borja P. for Sergio Ramos by John Reid. Hojas/Getty Images
Arias said the Red Cross has been asked to help with search and rescue operations.
Costa Rica’s public security minister, Jorge Torres Carrillo, said the private plane had foreign crew members and that two people had already been found dead. Tweet He posted on his verified account on Saturday.
The flight from Mexico to Limon, Costa Rica lost contact with the control tower of Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria Airport at around 6pm local time, while flying northeast from Barismina, the Ministry of Public Security posted on Facebook on Friday. Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast.
The German Foreign Ministry told CNN that it is aware of the situation and that the German Embassy in San Jose is in contact with local authorities for further clarification.
“The embassy is also ready to provide consular assistance to the families of the victims,” the German foreign office said.
Schaller is the founder and CEO of RSG Group, which includes fitness studios McFit, John Reed and Gold’s Gym.
