Baltic crash: Latvia searches for mystery Cessna plane

Wreckage and oil have been found where a private Cessna plane crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia's coast after a mysterious flight from southern Spain. The Cessna, registered in Vienna, had been due to land in Cologne, Germany, but instead headed out into the Baltic. German businessman Peter Griesemann died - it was his private plane. German media say the other three victims were his wife, daughter and her boyfriend. Griesemann was prominent among organisers of the Cologne Carnival. The Carnival's Facebook page has a mourning tribute to him. He was president of Blaue Funken (blue sparks) - one of the oldest carnival associations. When the Cessna 551 failed to respond to controllers' calls German and Danish fighter jets were sent to follow it, and later a Swedish helicopter searched for it. Latvia now has three small ships and a helicopter in the area of Sunday's crash. "We found three parts of the plane, we think - experts will have to say," the Latvian maritime search and rescue service (MRCC) told the BBC. Spokesperson Liva Veita said there was no sign of those on board the Cessna. She also confirmed earlier reports that oil had been seen there.<br/>