‘Speed Racer’ actor Christian Oliver, two young daughters killed in Caribbean plane crash
nypost.comthe Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police said.Sachs, who also owned the doomed small plane, radioed the control tower at Bequia to report problems and his plan to return.
But that was the last communication before it crashed in the water, local outlet Searchlight reported. A cellphone video caught the moment the fixed-wing plane fell out of the sky and nosedived into the ocean, before disappearing under the waves.
Fishermen and divers raced to the scene of the air disaster in their boats to try to rescue the victims, before the local coast guard responded and recovered four bodies from the wreckage in about 70 feet of water.All four were pronounced dead on the spot.
The actor — best known for “Speed Racer,” “The Good German,” “Valkyrie” and “Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny” — had posted about his trip before the tragedy.He shared a photo of a tropical beach dotted with palm trees at sunset just three days before the crash.“Greetings from somewhere in paradise!
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