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Plane Owned by Scripps Research CEO Goes Missing over the Pacific Ocean
NEW SOUTH WALES, JUL 16 – The search involves multiple agencies using helicopters and jets in difficult snowy terrain with temperatures as low as 4C, as the pilot remains missing after the plane vanished.
- A single-engine Cessna registered to Scripps Research CEO Peter Schultz went missing Sunday after departing Ramona Airport near San Diego, piloted by 67-year-old Tsotne Javakhishvili.
- The pilot was cleared to land at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport but stopped responding to air traffic control and the plane disappeared from radar after flying approximately 500 miles southwest over the ocean.
- Search teams, including the U.S. Coast Guard, searched a 2,600-square-mile area for over 24 hours using helicopters, jets, and vessels before the aerial search was suspended due to limited visibility.
- Javakhishvili was a respected synthetic biology researcher, originally from Georgia, who collaborated with Schultz and contributed to genetic code expansion and immunotherapeutics, and Schultz called him a skilled pilot and dear friend.
- The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an inquiry regarding the suspected crash, while Schultz announced the creation of a postdoctoral fellowship to commemorate Javakhishvili's contributions to science.
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Pilot of plane presumed to have crashed off California coast called ‘brilliant biologist’
A small plane that went missing Sunday off the coast of San Diego and is presumed to have crashed was being flown by a 67-year-old researcher who was remembered as a “brilliant biologist.” Tsotne David Javahishvili went missing when the plane he was flying did not land at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport as planned. The Del Mar resident, who had taken off earlier from the Ramona Airport, was cleared to land by air traffic control but wasn’t he…
Pilot of plane presumed to have crashed Sunday called ‘brilliant biologist’
A small plane that went missing Sunday off the coast of San Diego and is presumed to have crashed was being flown by a 67-year-old researcher who was remembered as a “brilliant biologist.” Tsotne David Javahishvili went missing when the plane he was flying did not land at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport as planned. The Del Mar resident, who had taken off earlier from the Ramona Airport, was cleared to land by air traffic control but wasn’t he…
Plane owned by Scripps Research CEO goes missing over the Pacific Ocean
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has opened up an investigation after a private plane owned by chemist and Scripps Research Institute CEO Peter Schultz disappeared over the Pacific Ocean, according to multiple reports. The Cessna T240 Corvalis TTx departed from Ramona Airport on Sunday, July 13 around 1:50 p.m. with the intent to land at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport. It had flown just over 500 miles…
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