Planes mysteriously disappearing at Los Roques, Venezuela ALWAYS on Jan 4th.... WTF ???

and always with Italian passengers on board..... ????

First it happened in 2008 when a scheduled domestic Transaven flight from Simón Bolívar International Airport serving Caracas to Los Roques Airport off shore in the Atlantic Ocean reported 64 miles north of the port of departure that both engines had failed and that it was at altitude 3000 feet and descending. The pilot was to attempt ditching as close as possible to the Los Roques archipelago. Active sea and air searches were called off without finding any trace of the aircraft, but a life-vest associated with the craft was recovered on January 13. Apart from that no other wreckage has been found.

It is yet unclear (LOL) whether there were 18 or 14 passengers on board.....




NOW, in 2013 it happened again :

Venezuela's Interior Minister says rescuers are looking for a small plane with six people on board, including four Italian tourists, which disappeared near the tourist archipelago of Los Roques.

Nestor Reverol said the SAR DA-42 Mpp was declared missing hours after taking off Friday from Los Roques, a string of islands, cays and islets that is popular for scuba diving, white beaches and coral reefs.

Reverol said the plane was expected at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas but didn't arrive and that the four Italian tourists aboard had spent their Christmas and New Year at the resort. The plane had two Venezuelan crew members.

This time around, on board there was Vittorio Missoni, son of the famous stylist and CEO of Missoni SpA, along with his wife and two of their friends.




PIN for the ongoin "mystery" and to hear something from GLPers from Venezuela.... thank you !!