Gold's Gym founder Rainer Schaller, 5 others feared dead in Costa Rica plane crash - New York Post

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Six people, seemingly including the German businessman down Gold’s Gym, were feared dormant Saturday aft a tiny level crashed into the Caribbean conscionable disconnected the Costa Rican coast.

All 5 passengers were believed to beryllium German citizens, Security Minister Jorge Torres said. The plane’s aviator was Swiss. At slightest 1 different of those aboard the level appeared to beryllium a comparative of Rainer Schaller.

Costa Rican authorities said pieces of the twin-engine turboprop craft were recovered successful the h2o Saturday aft the formation went missing Friday.

A formation program filed for the small, charter level listed Schaller arsenic a passenger. A antheral by the aforesaid sanction runs planetary chains of fittingness and gym outlets, including Gold’s Gym and McFit. At slightest 1 different of those aboard the level seemed to beryllium a comparative of Schaller, but the narration was not instantly confirmed by authorities.

Martín Arias, Costa Rica’s adjunct information minister, said nary bodies had been recovered yet astatine the site, astir 17 miles (28 kilometers) disconnected the seashore from the Limon airport.

“Pieces person been recovered that bespeak that this is the aircraft,” Arias said. “Up to present we person not recovered immoderate bodies dormant oregon alive.”

Rainer Schaller is among the passengers feared dead.dpa/picture confederation via Getty I

The level was a nine-seat Italian-made Piaggio P180 Avanti, known for its distinctive profile.

The level disappeared from radar arsenic it was heading to Limon, a edifice municipality connected the coast.

The information curate said the formation had acceptable retired from Mexico.

“Around six successful the day we received an alert astir a formation coming from Mexico to the Limon airport, carrying 5 German passengers,” Torres said. A hunt started instantly but was called disconnected temporarily owed to atrocious weather.

Rainer Schaller is listed arsenic “Founder, Owner and CEO of the RSG Group,” a conglomerate of 21 fitness, manner and manner brands that operates successful 48 countries and has 41,000 employees, either straight oregon done franchises.

Schaller was successful the quality successful 2010 for his relation arsenic organizer of the Berlin Love Parade techno festival. A crush astatine the lawsuit killed 21 radical and injured much than 500. Authorities astatine the clip said Schaller’s information failed to halt the travel of radical into a passageway erstwhile the concern was already tense astatine the entranceway to the festival grounds.

Schaller fought backmost against the accusations of wrongdoing, noting that his information conception received authoritative metropolis approval.