Plane Carrying Vittorio Missoni Goes Missing in Venezuela *Update* Plane Found

[marcBarna]

Missoni Plane May Have Been Found

There may be a turning point in the search for the plane carrying Vittorio Missoni that went missing a week ago.

According to a report from Caracas, Venezuela, on Italy’s wire service Ansa on Saturday morning, a blip on a Venezuelan Army radar “can identify the location” where the twin-engine plane “may have suddenly lost altitude” en route from the Los Roques archipelago to Caracas on Jan. 4.

Ansa attributes the assertion to the Italian embassy in that city. "It is an area where the ocean floor reaches a depth of 2,000 meters, considered too many for the instrumentations momentarily available,” the Italian embassy said.

"The Venezuelan and Italian authorities are coming to an agreement to continue the search beyond the expected eight days, focusing resources on a defined area and through means that may be more useful.”

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[YoninahAliza]

^Oh my gosh, that is so awful. My heart goes out to the families affected by this, it's heartbreaking.

 

[TommyGirl]

This is horrible for the families, the uncertainty must be excruciating. The outcome is rarely good in these situations, so the least I hope is they have some kind of a finishing.

I truly hate those small planes (though, I have no idea what kind of plane were they on), once I was aboard the pilot wanted to show off a little, and he lowered the height suddenly and repeated it multiple times, made sudden turns/other moves etc, and I thought I will die. In the addition, my cousin, who was like 8 yo. then, started vomitting. We weren`t in any real danger, but I think the pilot was stupid enough to get us into!

 

[gossiping]

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Missoni Pilot’s License Was Expired


ANSV, Italy's agency for flight security, determined that both the pilot and airline responsible for the plane carrying Vittorio Missoni, which disappeared on January 4, were not fully licensed to operate, La Repubblica writes. Pilot Germán Marchan's flying license expired November 30, 2012, and at 72 years old, his age caused concern from the beginning of the investigation; however, one of his colleagues, Piergiorgio Serloni, previously told La Stampa that Marchan is "one of the most expert and respected pilots in Los Roques." As for the airline, according to La Repubblica, it did "not yet have [a] regular air operator's certificate."

The Italian paper has more details about the incident. The plane took off from Los Roques at 11:32 a.m. for the international airport in Maiquetia, Caracas. Seven minutes later, Marchan or his co-pilot reported the plane's position of ten nautical miles from the island of Gran Roque at 5,000 feet above sea level, but didn't make further contact. Based on data, the plane ascended to 5,400 feet or so, moving 13.2 nautical miles from Gran Roque before losing altitude and speed, and going off the radar.

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[Not Plain Jane]

Ship specialized in deep-water searches to join hunt for missing plane with Missoni CEO

By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, January 25, 6:52 PM

CARACAS, Venezuela — A ship specially equipped for deep-water searches is headed to Venezuela to scan the seafloor for a plane that vanished carrying the CEO of Italian fashion house Missoni, the government said Friday.

The BN-2 Islander plane dropped off radar screens soon after takeoff on Jan. 4 from the resort islands of Los Roques. It was carrying two crew members and four Italian tourists, including Vittorio Missoni, CEO of his family’s fashion company.

The ship will arrive in early February and will expand current search efforts by scanning for the plane in deep waters off the islands, Air and Sea Transport Minister Rear Adm. Elsa Gutierrez told state media.

Italy’s ambassador in Venezuela, Paolo Serpi, said the oceanographic ship belongs to an international company and that Italian and Venezuelan officials had together sought to hire it for the job.

“There are few of them in the world, very few ships equipped for deep searches. In this case, we’re talking about depths of up to 2,000 meters (6,500 feet),” Serpi said in a recent interview on state television. He said such ships don’t exist in Italy because the Mediterranean Sea doesn’t have such depths as the area of the Caribbean where the plane is thought to have gone down.

Serpi said the ship will be looking for not one but two planes.

Another small plane has never been found after disappearing off the islands four years earlier on Jan. 4, 2008. That plane, on a flight from Caracas to Los Roques, vanished with 14 people aboard, including eight Italians, a Swiss man and five Venezuelans. The pilot radioed to controllers that he was having engine trouble before the plane went down as it approached the islands. The body of the Venezuelan co-pilot later washed ashore, but no wreckage was recovered.

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[melfreya]

the fact that the previous plane crash happened on the same day is so creepy
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[xoxoadore]

you guys was the plane or people ever found?? this is so horrible, I remembered it today, how is this possible!

 

[Psylocke]

Some news...

February 13, 2013
Vittorio Missoni's Bag Found on Antillean Island
By Luisa Zargani
From: WWD Issue 02/14/2013

MILAN — A Missoni spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday that a bag belonging to Vittorio Missoni was found on the island of Bonaire, in the Netherland Antilles, between Los Roques and the island of Curaçao.

The name of the executive, who was traveling with five others on a small airplane that went missing on Jan. 4 near Venezuela’s Los Roques archipelago, appears on the label of the bag.

“The case [of the missing executive] is not closed and the search continues in Venezuela, Italy, Curaçao and Bonaire,” said the Missoni family in a statement. “We thank the police in Curaçao and Bonaire for their efficiency and everyone locally that is helping us.”

On Jan. 28, another bag that had been stowed on Missoni’s plane was recovered on the island of Curaçao, in the Caribbean Sea, and helped focus the search west of Los Roques.

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[ChristyLeReveur]

^ This doesn't sound good

 

[gossiping]

it is just terrible and so freaky as well

 

[Nymphaea]

Authorities checking if wreck found is Missoni plane: report
Authorities are checking if a wreck found on a beach of the island of Curacao could be that of a plane carrying fashion executive Vittorio Missoni which disappeared last month, Italian news wire Ansa reported on Friday, citing local sources.

Missoni, the eldest son of the founders of the Missoni fashion house, disappeared with his wife and four others when their plane went missing off the coast of Venezuela in early January.

Italian investigators later said the airline that owned the plane was not fully licensed to operate and that the pilot's license had expired more than a month before the flight.

reuters.com

 

[HeatherAnne]

Missing Missoni Plane Found

The Missoni company announced on Thursday that the wreckage of the small aircraft carrying Vittorio Missoni had been discovered in the waters north of the resort of Los Roques. The Missoni family and Venezuelan authorities had been searching for the plane since its disappearance shortly after takeoff on Jan. 4.


Wire reports quoted Jorge Galindo, a spokesman for the Venezuelan interior ministry, confirming that the plane had been recovered, and a statement from Missoni noted that the plane was found on the fifth day of its current search mission. The passengers aboard the plane were Mr. Missoni, the top executive of the company; his companion, Maurizia Castiglioni; and Guido Foresti and Elda Scalvenzi; along with a pilot and co-pilot.


“The families thank the Venezuelan government and the Italian government for the effort in having made this search possible,” the Missoni company said. “They are confident that the investigation will follow through to the ascertainment of the causes and the responsibility for the accident.”

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[supermodel]

wow this sounds similar to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.. hopefully the passengers will be found or bodies located at least to give the family some closure, which i think really would be the best in this case

 

[happycanadian]

so so very sad... my heart goes out to the Missoni family.

 

[KateTheGreatest]

Reports Claim Missoni CEO's Remains May Have Been Found!

The Italian Ansa news agency reported earlier this morning that the bodies of Vittorio Missoni, his wife Maurizia Castiglioni, and their two friends Guido Foresti and Elda Scalvenzi, had finally been recovered ten months after their plane disappeared near Los Roques.

The remains, which had been discovered in June, were found with their seat belts still fastened inside the plane.

Though this new information was picked up by several different news agencies, the families of the missing individuals issued a statement saying that they have not received any official notice regarding the matter.

They said:

"With regard to the news distributed in the media this morning relating to the possible recovery of bodies off shore at Los Roques, where previously the wreck of the plane YV2615BN-2A which disappeared on January 4th was found, the Missoni, Castiglioni, Foresti and Scalvenzi Families would like to state they have not received any official and detailed communication connected to this."

After nearly a year of waiting, which included the sad passing of the family patriarch, Ottavio Missoni, it would surely bring some peace to the families to receive some definitive news about what happened to their loved ones.

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