THE pilot of a small plane that disappeared off the coast of Venezuela with six people aboard, including the scion of Italy's Missoni fashion family, was not authorised to fly, Italy's air safety agency Ansv says.
"The pilot's psychophysical certificate had expired on November 30 2012," Ansv said in a statement which also said the Transaereo 5047 company which owns the plane "was not certified as a flight operator."
The plane went missing on January 4 on a flight from the Los Roques islands to Caracas.
Flown by Venezuelan German Merchan, 72, and a co-pilot, it was carrying Vittorio Missoni - the son of the eponymous fashion label's founder Ottavio Missoni - his wife Maurizia Castiglioni and another Italian couple.
Ansv said Merchan's age also meant that he had only been authorised to pilot flights within national airspace.
The Italian embassy in Caracas earlier said the location where the plane went down had been identified, but as the ocean floor in the area reaches a depth of 2000 metres, it was "too deep for many available instruments."
A specialised oceanographic ship from Louisiana has been deployed to help with the search.
A similar disappearance took place exactly five years ago, on January 4, 2008.
At the time, a plane carrying 14 people, including eight Italians, went missing in the same area as it flew from Caracas to Los Roques. No trace of the aircraft or its passengers was ever found.
Missoni runs the company known for its knitwear and iconic zigzag patterns with his siblings Luca and Angela. Vittorio is marketing director, his brother Luca is technical director and his sister Angela is the designer.
The fashion house was founded in 1953 by Ottavio Missoni and his wife Rosita. It now sells ready-to-wear attire for men, women and children, as well as haute couture and perfume.
Missoni has also created auto interiors for Mazda cars and designed interiors for two luxury hotels, in collaboration with the Rezidor Hotel Group.
Los Roques is an archipelago of 350 islands that attracts tourists from all over the world for its deep turquoise sea and the large number of exotic species that live there.
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