German Businessman on Private Jet That Crashed in Baltic

German Businessman on Private Jet That Crashed in Baltic
A screenshot showing the flight track of a Cessna plane off the coast of Latvia near Swedish island of Gotland. Flightradar24.com via Reuters
Reuters
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RIGA—A prominent German businessman was aboard the private jet that crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia after flying half way across Europe from Spain without responding to controllers’ calls, his company, Quick Air, said on Monday.

The jet, an Austria-registered Cessna 551, left Jerez in southern Spain on Sunday afternoon, turning at Paris and Cologne before flying straight out to the Baltic Sea, where it spiraled into the water off the Latvian coast, flight tracking data showed.