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The RSG Group, owner of brands such as McFit and Gold’s Gym fitness Studios, confirmed its CEO Rainer Schaller and his family were on board the plane that disappeared off the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica on Friday.
“We are shocked, stunned and pained by this tragic plane crash in which our Founder, Owner and CEO Rainer Schaller he was on board with his family and two other people,” RSG Group said in a statement on its website.
“We are shocked, stunned and pained by this tragic plane crash in which our founder, owner and CEO, Rainer Schaller, was on board along with his family and two other people.”
McFit CEO Rainer Schaller and Christiane Schikorsky arrive for the 20th GQ Men of the Year Awards at the Komische Oper on November 10. 8, 2018, in Berlin. (Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for GQ Germany/Getty Images)
The company said its “thoughts are with the family at this difficult time.”
Costa Rica’s Security Ministry said Sunday that two unidentified bodies, an adult and a child, were found in the search for the six missing people.
Rainer Schaller poses at the McFIT Studio gym in Cologne, western Germany, on May 11, 2020, as the venue reopened at midnight after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
German newspaper Bild earlier reported that Schaller’s partner, Christiane Schikorsky, and their children were the other passengers on board.
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The plane, which was an Italian-made nine-seat Piaggio P180 Avanti, left Mexico on Friday and disappeared from radar en route to Limon, a coastal resort town.
“Around six in the afternoon we received an alert about a flight that was coming from Mexico. to lemon airport with five German passengers,” said Security Minister Jorge Torres.
People work out at a Gold’s Gym on March 16, 2020 in Washington, DC (Alex Wong/Getty Images/Getty Images)
Authorities launched search protocols over the weekend, but bad weather prevented a night search. Costa Rican authorities said parts of the twin-engine turboprop plane were found in the water on Saturday.
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The RSG Group is a conglomerate of more than 20 fitness, lifestyle and fashion brands which operates in 48 countries and employs 41,000, either directly or through franchises.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
