Rescue workers have discovered new possible remains of the crashed Cessna off the coast of Latvia. However, the depth of the site could complicate the salvage work. Drones should also help to recover the parts of the small aircraft.
After the mysterious crash of a plane in the Baltic Sea, Latvian search parties may have found more remains of the accident machine. The parts were found about 200 meters from the original search location at a depth of about 60 meters, the head of the Latvian Sea Rescue Coordination Center Peteris Subbota said on TV. According to Subbota, it should now be clarified by further analyzes whether it is actually the aircraft you are looking for.
The remains are relatively small, which is why lifting them with cranes should not be a problem. However, the depth at which the parts lie could make the work more difficult. The plane flew over the Baltic Sea on Sunday on its way from Spain to Cologne. There it crashed into the sea west of the Latvian port of Ventspils. Communication with the Cessna 551 with four people on board had been interrupted for a long time before the crash.
The first pieces of wreckage were found on the evening of the day of the crash – more on the Monday after. “We use special naval equipment for this purpose,” search manager Peteris Subbota told the Latvian news portal LSM. For example, drones are to be used to search under the sea surface.
According to the Latvian authorities, there is no longer any hope of survivors. The search troops “discovered human remains on Monday, which were handed over to the criminal police for further investigation,” the LSM quoted Subbota as saying. The identity of the passengers has not yet been officially confirmed.
The systems engineering company Griesemann from Wesseling near Cologne had announced that the four missing persons were the company founder Peter Griesemann, two family members and one other person. The news of the possible death of Griesemann, who is also active as a carnival participant, triggered sadness and horror in Cologne.
