Rainer Schaller was on a plane that crashed off the coast of Costa Rica.
Gold’s Gym owner Rainer Schaller and five others are feared dead after a plane crash off the coast of Costa Rica. Schaller was traveling on a private plane along with his wife, children, and a fitness trainer, according to multiple reports.
Schaller and passengers were on a private plane traveling from Mexico on Friday. Reports also say that the plane lost communication with the control tower while it was flying over the Caribbean Sea.
Rainer Schaller is the founder and CEO of the RSG Group. This company operates many gyms around the world, including Gold’s Gym and McFit. Gold’s Gym filed for bankruptcy during the pandemic in 2020 and Schaller was able to gain control.
Martin Arias, the vice president of the Ministry of Public Security, the coast guard conducted a search operation in the Caribbean Sea starting at 5 a.m. local time on Saturday, and at 5:50 a.m., the remains of an aircraft were found 28 kilometers from Costa Rica’s Limon Airport, according to CNN.
Arias has said that “up to now, we have not found any bodies dead or alive.”
“The embassy also stands ready to provide consular assistance to the families of the persons affected,” the German Foreign Office said.
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