Bodies of adult and child found at sea in search of missing gymnasium millionaire Rainer Schaller after private plane crash
THE bodies of an adult and a child have been found at sea in search of missing millionaire Rainer Schaller and his family after their private plane crashed off the coast of Costa Rica.
Officials made the tragic discovery during a search for the founder of McFit, 53, his girlfriend, Christiane Schikorsky, and their children Aaron and Finja after their plane went missing en route to Limón.
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The Ministry of Public Security of Costa Rica confirmed that a body of an adult and a body of a minor were discovered during the search operation by the National Coast Guard and the Air Surveillance Service on Saturday, Teletics reported.
Authorities also found luggage and one of the jet’s seats about 25 miles from the jet’s destination at Juan Santamaría Airport.
The German millionaire is said to have taken off from Mexico alongside his family on Friday evening when their plane went missing.
A man named Marcus Kurreck – believed to be a personal trainer – was also on board.
Civil Aviation Authority director Fernando Naranjo said the exit“The plane disappeared from radar about 25 miles (about 40 km) before Limón airport.
“The plane was supposed to land at 6:58 p.m., we lost it at an altitude of 2,000 feet.”
The search was restarted after being canceled due to bad weather.
Costa Rican Public Security Minister Jorge Torres said the Piaggio 180 plane carrying the five German nationals disappeared en route to Limon in the east of the country.
The plane reportedly lost contact with the airport’s control tower around 6 p.m. while flying about 20 miles off the coast near the Parismina area.
A McFit spokeswoman later confirmed that Schaller, the company’s founder and CEO, and his family were on the plane.
The private jet took off from Palenque in Mexico – a town popular for its archaeological ruins – two hours and 41 minutes before losing contact with the control tower near Limón.
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According to FlightRadar pulled by BILD, the plane was 69 meters above sea level and flying at a speed of 274 mph when it disappeared.
Schaller founded the fitness chain McFit in 1996 and today has more than 250 studios in Europe and 1.4 million members.
He made headlines in 2010 after 21 people were killed in a stampede at a festival he organized in the western German city of Duisburg.
After the tragedy, Schaller said the festival would be canceled permanently.
Schaller testified as a witness in a court proceeding in 2018, accepted moral responsibility, but was not charged.
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