Gold's Gym parent company confirms CEO was on crashed plane - KSL.com

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A property typical of the RSG Group of gym outlets, including Gold's Gym and McFit, confirmed Monday that laminitis and CEO Rainer Schaller, household and friends were aboard a tiny level that disappeared from radar conscionable disconnected Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. (Chris D Swabb, Shutterstock)

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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A property typical of the RSG Group of gym outlets, including Gold's Gym and McFit, confirmed Monday that laminitis and CEO Rainer Schaller, household and friends were aboard a tiny level that disappeared from radar conscionable disconnected Costa Rica's Caribbean coast.

Company spokeswoman Kristen Kauffman distributed a connection Monday confirming that Rainer Schaller, "his family, and 2 different radical were connected committee the craft astatine the clip of the crash."

The institution did not corroborate Schaller's death, contempt the information searchers person recovered 2 bodies, luggage and pieces of the craft successful the sea.

"We are shocked, stunned, and afloat of grief astir this tragic accident," the RSG connection read. "The quality during the past fewer days has shaken america deeply, and our thoughts are with the household successful these hard hours."

"As the concern is presently inactive being investigated on-site, we cannot remark further astatine this clip and inquire for your understanding."

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.

On Sunday, Costa Rica's Security Ministry said the bodies of 1 big and 1 kid had been recovered astatine a tract astir 17 miles disconnected the seashore from the Limon airport, but said the bodies had not yet been identified.

Searchers besides turned up backpacks and bags, and pieces of the plane.

All 5 passengers were German citizens. The plane's aviator was Swiss.

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

The level was a nine-seat Italian-made Piaggio P180 Avanti, known for its distinctive profile. It disappeared from radar arsenic it was heading to Limon, a edifice municipality connected the coast.

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

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.