Death riddle in the Baltic Sea: Cologne entrepreneur crashes with his family in Cessna - that's known so far
Created: 2022-09-07 04:56
The image provided by Flightradar24 shows the trajectory of a Cessna 551 before it crashed into the Baltic Sea.
So far there is no trace of the four occupants.
© Flightradar24/dpa +++ dpa picture radio +++
The crash of a Cessna is a mystery.
The search for the machine and its occupants continues in the Baltic Sea.
Drones are also used underwater.
Riga/Cologne – After a mysterious odyssey across Europe, a private plane carrying four people crashed into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia on Sunday (September 4).
The accident pilot of the Cessna type 551 is said to be the Cologne entrepreneur Peter Griesemann.
The identity of the passengers has not yet been officially confirmed.
Cessna from Cologne entrepreneur crashes after "ghost flight" over the Baltic Sea
The systems engineering company Griesemann from Wesseling near Cologne announced on Monday evening that the four missing persons were the company founder Peter Griesemann (72) as well as two family members and one other person.
The 72-year-old was a local figure in Cologne and was active for years as a passionate carnevalist and president of the Blaue Funken association.
Griesemann's wife Juliane, daughter Lisa and her friend are said to have been on board the machine, reports the
Kölner Express
, citing the family environment of the casualty.
According to media reports, the 26-year-old daughter also had a pilot's license.
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What happened on the Cessna odyssey?
According to authorities in various European countries, the Cessna 551 was en route from Jerez de la Frontera in southern Spain to Cologne on Sunday, but then changed course for an unknown reason.
Again
Kölner Express
reported that there were problems with the pressure shortly after the start.
The radio contact was lost.
The flight path of the Cessna 551 before the crash in the Baltic Sea
The private jet was actually on its way from Spain to Cologne.
But the Cessna 551 kept flying.
The random flight called military fighter jets onto the scene.
No movements were recognizable in the cockpit.
Authorities believe the jet-powered Cessna was on autopilot.
Many questions are still open after the mysterious ghost flight.
A Cessna Type 551 was on its way from Spain to Cologne on Sunday (September 4th).
The Cessna flies past the destination airport Cologne/Bonn with undiminished altitude and speed and then over North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to over the Baltic Sea.
West of the Latvian capital Riga, the private jet went down.
The machine crashed into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia on Sunday evening.
Pressure drop at 11,000 meters - no reaction from the cockpit
The plane was flying at an altitude of about 11,000 meters, where the air pressure is low.
If there is a drop in pressure at such an altitude, you can expect to become unconscious, explains aviation expert Hans Kjäll, according to the Swedish broadcaster SVT.
Bundeswehr fighter jets in action due to Cessna 551 random flight
Combat aircraft from France, Germany, Denmark and Sweden accompanied the machine on its way through the airspaces of several countries.
They saw no one in the cockpit and there was no radio contact with the crew.
After a relatively steady flight, the Cessna tumbled and crashed into the Baltic Sea off the Latvian port of Ventspils on Sunday evening.
The plane crashed when "it ran out of fuel," said rescue leader Lars Antonsson.
The people on board were "clearly" unable to react.
According to the Latvian Aviation Authority, boats and helicopters were deployed immediately.
Bodies were initially not found.
Cessna Type 551: The family from Cologne flew in a machine of this type (symbolic photo).
© Kevin Hackert/imago
Wreckage found: search operation for Cessna crash continues at full speed
The search for wreckage of the Cessna and the occupants is in full swing.
On Tuesday, drones will also be used to search under water.
Ships of the Latvian Navy and the Border Guard are used for sea searches.
According to the Latvian authorities, a total of eleven fragments of the crashed machine have been found so far.
There is still no trace of the inmates.
Griesemann is a medium-sized company in the Rhineland that claims to have more than 1,600 employees in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands and is active in lightning protection, among other things.
The current company boss is the son of the founder, who retired in 2015.
(sas/ml)