Um plane Executive Cessna Citation II registration OE-FGR that had 4 people on board crashed into the Baltic Sea, near Latvia last night (4).
According to information from the portal aerotime, the jet took off from Jerez Airport (XRY), in Spain, and was destined for Colonia Bonn International Airport (CGN), in .
It is noteworthy that the aircraft ed its destination, heading towards northern Europe, crashing into the sea near the coastal city of Ventspils, Latvia. In addition, the German newspaper Bild reported that after the aircraft took off, the jet's crew had reported a pressurization problem, but proceeded with the flight.
Before the crash, NATO fighter jets were triggered to intercept and try to make prior with the aircraft, but without success, including fighter pilots reporting that they did not see anyone in the cockpit of the executive plane, puzzling aviation safety specialists.
As there are only speculations, there is the possibility that the pressurization problem was the main factor for the cause of the accident, where all the occupants of the plane could have been unconscious.
After confirming the fatality, the Civil Aviation Agency of Latvia announced that rescue teams from Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden are on site in search, and that none of the occupants have been found so far.
A deeper investigation to understand the cause of the accident is ongoing.
With information: aerotime hub
