2022 Caribbean Sea Piaggio P.180 Avanti crash
 D-IRSG, the aircraft involved in the accident, 2 years before the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 October 2022 |
| Summary | Crashed into the sea, under investigation |
| Site | Caribbean Sea, approx. 28 km off Limón International Airport, Limón, Costa Rica |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | P.180 Avanti |
| Registration | D-IRSG |
| Flight origin | Palenque International Airport, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Destination | Limón International Airport, Limón, Costa Rica |
| Occupants | 6 |
| Passengers | 5 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 6[1] |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 21 October 2022, Rainer Schaller, the owner of Gold's Gym, along with his wife and two children, plus two others, were killed in the crash of a German-registered Avanti into the ocean near Limón, Costa Rica. The flight had departed Palenque, Mexico.[2] This was the first fatal accident involving a P.180 Avanti.[3]
Accident[edit]
On 21 October 2022, a Piaggio P.180 Avanti plane carrying Schaller, his partner[disputed ] Christine Schikorsky, their two children, the 66-year-old Swiss pilot and another German passenger crashed into the Caribbean Sea near Limón, Costa Rica, while on a flight from Palenque, Mexico. The bodies of one adult and one child were recovered, but not initially identified.[2][4] On November 4, the remains of the two bodies were identified as those of Schaller and his son, Aaron.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/300083
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Niles, Russ (23 October 2022). "Gold's Gym Owner, Family Killed In Costa Rica Crash". AVweb. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/type/P180
- ↑ Genovese, Daniella (25 October 2022). "Gold's Gym parent company gives update on CEO, family's plane crash off Costa Rican coast". FOXBusiness. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ↑ "Gold's Gym Owner Rainer Schaller Confirmed Dead". Club Industry. 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
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