Hollywood actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters were killed when the small plane they were traveling in “crashed into the ocean” off the Caribbean island Thursday, officials said.
The 51-year-old “Speed Racer” star, real name Christian Klepser, was with daughters Madita, 12, and Annik, 10, when they died along with their pilot, Robert Sachs, on Thursday’s doomed flight.
They are being flown from the island of Bequia to St. Lucia was nearby when their single-engine plane “experienced difficulties and fell into the ocean,” the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Sachs, who also owned the doomed small plane, contacted the control tower in Bequia to report the problem and his plans to return. But that was the last communication before it crashed in the water, local outlet Searchlight reported.
“Speed Racer” actor Christian Oliver, 51, with his wife and two daughters when they were young. FilmMagic
A cellphone video captured the moment the fixed-wing plane fell from the sky and plunged into the ocean, before disappearing beneath the waves.
Cellphone video showed the single-engine plane plunging into the ocean off the Caribbean island of Bequia. Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service All four people on board the fixed-wing aircraft died in the crash. Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service
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 of them were pronounced dead at the scene.
The doomed plane was piloted by its owner, Robert Sachs, who also died in the air disaster. RSVG Police Force
The actor – known for “Speed Racer,” “The Good German,” “Valkyrie” and “Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny” – had posted about his journey before the tragedy.
He shared a photo of a tropical beach adorned with palm trees at sunset just three days before the crash.
“Greetings from somewhere in heaven! To the community and love …2024 him [sic] here we come!” she wrote in the accompanying caption.
The actress was in the Caribbean with her family celebrating the holidays. Instagram / @christianoliverofficial Christian Oliver has appeared in 63 movies and TV shows, including 2018’s “The Outer Wild.” Everett Collection / Everett Collection Christian Oliver’s acting credits include roles in “Speed Racer,” “The Good German,” “Valkyrie” and “Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny” Instagram / @christianoliverofficial
Oliver was born in Celle, Germany, and grew up in Frankfurt. At the age of 21, she moved to the US to pursue a modeling and acting career.
His IMDb page lists 63 acting credits, including in the 2006 prestige drama “The Good German,” directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchet, and in the 2008 futuristic racing film “Speed Racer,” with Emil Hirsch in the lead. role.
Oliver also found success as a television actor, with roles in “Saved by the Bell: The New Class” and the long-running German police drama “Alarm für Cobra 11.”
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