The aircraft, a CESSNA 551 registered in Austria, coming from Jerez, was escorted by the French then German air police during its passage through Belgian, Luxembourg and then German airspace. of Spain crashed in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia on Sunday after a long absence of radio contact, the French Air Force said in a statement. The aircraft, a CESSNA 551 registered in Austria , coming from Jerez, was escorted by the French then German air police during its passage through Belgian, Luxembourg and then German airspace. air operations (CNOA) of Lyon Mont Verdun ordered the take-off on alert of a Rafale”, but “the attempts of radio contact proved unsuccessful” and “the visual contacts did not make it possible to observe a q any activity in the cockpit”, details the Air Force. An open investigation In Germany, approaching Cologne, a Lutwaffe Eurofighter took over to monitor the plane. “The CESSNA continued on its way beyond Cologne and then crashed in the Baltic Sea off the Latvian coast around 7:45 p.m. “, continues the press release. An investigation should shed light on the causes of the accident.