Actor Christian Oliver, two daughters killed in a plane crash

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by Senyana Varberov

Hollywood actor Christian Oliver and his two young daughters died when the small plane they were traveling in “plunged into the ocean” off an island in the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, officials said.

The 51-year-old “Speed ​​Racer” star, whose real name was Christian Klebser, was with his daughters Madeta, 12, and Anik, 10, when they died alongside pilot Robert Sachs on the ill-fated flight on Thursday.

They were en route from Bequia Island to nearby St Lucia when their single-engine plane “encountered difficulties and fell into the ocean”. Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police said.

Sachs, who also owned the ill-fated small plane, radioed the control tower at Bequia to report the problems and his plan to return. But that was the last contact before it crashed into the water, Local Searchlight port reported.

A mobile phone video showed the moment the fixed-wing plane fell from the sky and plunged with its nose into the ocean, before disappearing under the waves.

Fishermen and divers rushed 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 at a depth of approximately 70 feet of water.

All four were declared 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 filled with palm trees at sunset just three days before the accident.

“Greetings from somewhere in heaven! To the community and love…her 2024 [sic] We're here!” he wrote in the accompanying caption.

Oliver was born in Celle, Germany, and grew up in Frankfurt. At the age of 21, he moved to the United States to pursue a career in modeling and acting.

His IMDb page lists 63 acting credits, including the 2006 acclaimed drama “The Good German,” directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett, and in the 2008 futuristic racing film “Speed ​​Racer,” with Emile Hirsch in the lead. . Role.

Oliver has also achieved 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.