Private jet that crashed into Baltic belonged to German businessman

Karl-Peter Griesemann's Cessna 551 crashed near Latvia after flying across Europe with no radio contact

A private jet that crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia after flying halfway across Europe from Spain without responding to controllers' calls belonged to the German businessman Karl-Peter Griesemann, his company, Quick Air, has said.

The jet, an Austria-registered Cessna 551, left Jerez in southern Spain on Sunday afternoon, turning at Paris and Cologne before flying straight out to the Baltic Sea, where it spiralled into the water east of Gotland, flight tracking data showed.