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RIGA, Sep. 5 (DPA/EP) –
The Latvian Navy has reported that a total of eleven pieces have been recovered from the plane that crashed on Sunday in the waters of the Baltic Sea. The flight departed from Jerez de la Frontera.
A spokeswoman for the Latvian navy, Liva Veita, ten pieces have been recovered in Baltic waters on Monday and on Sunday it was already found on Sunday, according to the Latvian news agency Leta.
However, at the moment there is no trace of its occupants, four members of the same family from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The aircraft, a Cessna 551, was headed to the Cologne/Bonn airport, according to its flight plan.
According to the flight radar flight tracking website, the device left Jerez this morning, crossed Spain, France, Germany and entered the Baltic Sea. Contact was lost after passing the coasts of Poland, the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad and the coasts of Lithuania until entering the maritime area closest to Latvia.
Spanish, French, German and Swedish fighter planes took off to check the situation in the private plane, but the pilots could not distinguish anyone in the cabin, always according to ‘Bild’.
“Our Embassy in Riga is in contact with the Latvian authorities and is trying to clarify the facts,” the German Foreign Ministry reported.
A spokesman for the Latvian Civil Aviation Authority, Aivis Vincevs, has assured that there are “active search operations” to recover the rest of the device “and also the probable victims.” “As soon as this afternoon is completed, an investigation of the plane crash will be opened,” he added.
Vincevs has indicated that it is not known which country will be in charge of investigating the accident, since the plane has crashed in international waters.
Ships from the Latvian Navy and Coast Guard are in the area and a drone from the European Maritime Safety Agency is also involved in the operation.
