Mysterious plane crash! A private plane crashed into the Baltic Sea: Is NATO also to blame? – Topky.sk

Swedish police confirmed that they found the wreckage of an Austrian-registered Cessna 551 in the Baltic Sea. According to Lars Antonsson of the Maritime and Air Rescue Centre, there is almost zero hope of anyone surviving. It is reported by the British portal Mirror. According to the German Bild, there was a family with a daughter on board and the pilot, who lost control under mysterious circumstances and then fell into the sea. Some reports even say six people on board. The plane reported shortly after takeoff that there was a problem with the pressure in the cabin. The communication was interrupted only a few minutes after the departure from Spain, where the private flight was supposed to go to Germany. However, the Civil Aviation Agency confirmed in a statement on its website that the plane crash took place in the Baltic Sea near the city of Ventspils. So the plane had to deviate from its original route and continue further towards the northeast. Fighter jets NATO pilots and Swedish officials who tracked the plane on radar did not receive any response from the pilot. “The radio on the other side was silent the whole time. Then we just registered that the plane had crashed into the sea northwest of the city of Ventspils in Latvia,” said a spokesman for the Swedish rescue service. As the Cessna 551 passed through the airspace of Germany and Denmark, but radio communication continued to fail, NATO sent fighter jets to check. “Despite this, it was not possible to establish contact with this aircraft. No movement was even registered in the cockpit”, said Johan Wahlstrom from the Swedish Maritime Authority. Photo gallery (2) Eurofighter fighter
Source: SITA NATO fighter jets took off from the Estonian Amari airport on Sunday evening. They circled over Paris and Cologne before heading directly over the Baltic Sea near the Swedish island of Gotland. The aircraft were part of the equipment of the NATO Baltic Air Police mission. According to NATO, the mission at the air base currently consists of four Eurofighter fighters of the German Air Force. The Cessna 551 aircraft, registered in Austria, was flying from Jerez in southern Spain, from where, according to the website FlightRadar24, it took off at 12:56 local time without a specified destination. At 17:37, the radar already indicated that the pilot was losing speed and altitude over the Baltic Sea. Subsequently, the plane disappeared from the radar. According to the MarineTraffic website, the Stena Line ferry, which was sailing from Ventspils to Norvik in Sweden at the time of the accident, should have been involved in the rescue operation. Loss of consciousness The pilot reported problems with pressure in the cockpit shortly after takeoff. After a while, however, all connection with the surrounding world was cut off. Experts suspect that the plane decompressed and all the people on board, including the pilot, fell unconscious, reports onet.pl. Contact was completely lost when the plane flew to an altitude of 640 meters and left Spanish airspace. The aircraft was probably on autopilot for most of the route. When it ran out of gas after almost five hours of flight, the machine began to descend on its own from a height of almost 5,000 meters and after a few minutes crashed into the Baltic Sea. There were four people on board. German Express reported that the passengers were Cologne tycoon Karl-Peter Griesemann (72), his wife Juliane (68) and daughter Lisa (26). The fourth person was supposed to be a 27-year-old man, most likely Lisa Griesemann’s partner. The identities of the victims were confirmed by family friends. A well-known family The plane was to be piloted by the father of the family, Karl-Peter. He was an experienced pilot and owner of Quick Air, a private jet charter company. He often flew for fun and regularly moved with his family on the route between Jerez and Cologne, where his company Griesemann Group is based. He was also the honorary chairman of the Blauen Funken carnival committee. This important event has been celebrated in Cologne every year since 1220. Karl-Peter and his wife participated in the magnificent carnival celebrations for many years, they were among the absolute cream of the town. The representatives of Cologne have already provided the first statements about this plane crash. “Sincere condolences to the whole family, we are all shocked and devastated,” wrote Prinzengarde committee chairman Dino Massi. The chairman of the carnival committee, Chris Kuckelkorn, also spoke: “I am shocked by the sudden death of Peter Griesemann, his wife and daughter. My sincere condolences to the family. Peter was a great asset to the city, both as a businessman and as a participant in the carnival. He was not only an excellent businessman, but also a good person . We have lost a valuable advisor and a loyal friend.”