Gold's Gym parent company gives update on CEO, family’s plane crash off Costa Rican coast
Gold's Gym is part of the German tycoon's fitness empire
The RSG Group, which owns brands such as McFit and Gold's Gym fitness studios, confirmed its CEO Rainer Schaller and his family were aboard the plane that disappeared off Costa Rica's Caribbean coast Friday.
"We are shocked, stunned and full of grief about this tragic plane crash in which our Founder, Owner and CEO Rainer Schaller was on board together with his family and two other people," RSG Group said in a statement on its website.
"We are shocked, stunned and full of grief about this tragic plane crash in which our Founder, Owner and CEO Rainer Schaller was on board together with his family and two other people"
CEO of McFit Rainer Schaller and Christiane Schikorsky arrive for the 20th GQ Men of the Year Award at Komische Oper Nov. 8, 2018, in Berlin. (Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for GQ Germany / Getty Images)
The company said its "thoughts are with the family in these difficult hours."
GERMAN GYM TYCOON RAINER SCHALLER, PARTNER AND KIDS ON PLANE THAT DISAPPEARED OFF COSTA RICAN COAST
Costa Rica's Security Ministry said Sunday that two unidentified bodies, one adult and one child, had been found in the search for the six people who went missing.
Rainer Schaller poses at the McFIT Studio fitness center in Cologne, western Germany, May 11, 2020, as the place reopened at midnight after the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
German newspaper Bild previously reported that Schaller's partner Christiane Schikorsky and their children were the other passengers on board.
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The plane, which was a nine-seat Italian-made Piaggio P180 Avanti, departed from Mexico Friday and disappeared from the radar as it was headed to Limon, which is a resort town on the coast.
"Around six in the afternoon, we received an alert about a flight coming from Mexico to the Limon airport carrying five German passengers," Security Minister Jorge Torres said.
People work out at a Gold’s Gym March 16, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Authorities initiated search protocols over the weekend, but poor weather prevented a night search. Costa Rican authorities said pieces of the twin-engine turboprop aircraft were found in the water Saturday.
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The RSG Group is a conglomerate of over 20 fitness, lifestyle and fashion brands that operates in 48 countries and employs 41,000, either directly or through franchises.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.