Breaking news: It was learned that a private jet departing from Spain crashed off the coast of Latvia. It was stated that the jet in question was a Cessna Citation 551 type private jet. In the latest information regarding the plane, it was stated that after no response was received from the pilot, NATO warplanes took off to stop the plane, but it was seen that there was no one in the cockpit. Here are all the details of the last minute development…
NATO warplanes take off
It has been reported that the Cessna Citation 551 type private jet, which took off from the Jerez de la Frontera region of Spain to Cologne, Germany, crashed off the coast of Latvia. It was stated that after the air traffic control did not receive a response from the pilot of the plane, which passed near Sweden’s Gotland Island and headed for the Baltic Sea, after it circled over Paris and Cologne, the capital of France, NATO warplanes took off to stop the plane.
THEY DID NOT SEE ANYONE IN THE COCKPIT
It was reported that the plane started to lose altitude rapidly and disappeared from the radar off the coast of Latvia, while NATO warplanes could not see anyone in the cockpit of the plane. It is believed that there were 4 people on board.
“We learned that the plane crashed in the northwest (in the ocean) of the Latvian town of Ventspils,” the Swedish Rescue Service spokesperson said in a statement.
Latvian Navy Spokesperson Liva Veita announced that the Latvian ships were heading towards the point where the plane crashed.
In a statement, the spokesperson of the Lithuanian Air Force stated that the warplanes that took off belonged to the NATO Baltic Air Police mission at Amari Airport in Estonia, and that at the request of Latvia, 1 helicopter of the Lithuanian Air Force was sent to the crash site for search and rescue. The spokesperson did not specify how many fighter jets took off. According to NATO, there are currently four Eurofighter jets of the German Air Force at the airbase. (UAV)