Costa Rica authorities find wreckage believed to be from plane carrying German entrepreneur - Reuters Canada

SAN JOSE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - German entrepreneur Rainer Schaller, known for his enactment of fittingness studios, was among the passengers connected a level believed to person crashed successful Costa Rica, authorities from the Central American state said connected Saturday.

Costa Rican authorities said they recovered wreckage earlier Saturday astir 17 miles (28 km) from Limon airdrome believed to beryllium from a backstage level carrying Schaller, the laminitis of Germany's McFit gym chain, and immoderate members of his family.

Schaller, 53, was traveling with different Germans including a 44-year-old woman, a 40-year-old antheral and 2 minors. The pilot, 66, was a Swiss citizen, according to Costa Rica's information ministry.

Costa Rican authorities received an alert connected Friday nighttime astir the missing plane, which was en way from Mexico to Limon, Security Minister Jorge Torres said earlier.

The craft had mislaid connection with the power operation adjacent Barra de Parismina, a fewer minutes from Limon, according to Torres.

Reporting by Alvaro Murillo successful San Jose; Writing by Cassandra Garrison; Editing by Jason Neely, Matthew Lewis and Daniel Wallis

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