Business consultant and young entrepreneur Martin Schaedel was killed in a plane crash at the Santa Monica Airport on January 29, 2009. The pilot of the Marchetti F260, Paulo Emanuele, also died.Msnbc.com: Man Identified in Santa Monica Airport Plane Crash (January 30, 2009)
At the time of the crash, Schaedel, who was originally from Sweden, was a business development consultant for Farecompare.com.Los Angeles Times: Friends Say Santa Monica Plane Crash Victim... (January 30, 2009)
Plane Crash
On January 29, 2009, Martin Schaedel and pilot/general manager of Airliners.net, Paulo Emanuel, were killed in a plane crash. An investigator from the NTSB said that there "was a loss of engine power on take-off." The plane, a Marchetti F260, caught fire crashed to the ground shortly after take-off from the Santa Monica airport.Los Angeles Times: Friends Say Santa Monica Plane Crash Victim... (January 30, 2009)