American skateboarder and social media influencer Josh Neuman was one among 4 males killed when a sightseeing airplane crashed right into a lake in Iceland, authorities within the North Atlantic island nation mentioned Monday.
Neuman, 22, was on the flight to create industrial content material for the Belgian vogue model Suspicious Antwerp together with Tim Alings, the corporate's sponsorship supervisor, 27; and Nicola Bellavia, a 32-year-old skydiver and social media influencer from Belgium.
The pilot, Haraldur Diego, 49, was thought of one among Iceland's most outstanding aviators and a pioneer of pictures excursions.
4 our bodies believed to be the boys had been found on Sunday in Lake Thingvallavatn, Iceland's second-largest lake with using an autonomous submarine and sonar expertise. Poor climate has prevented divers retrieving the our bodies, discovered at depths of as much as 157 toes, police mentioned in a assertion.
"For the protection of divers we now have to attend till the climate improves," police chief Oddur Arnason instructed The Related Press.
The Cessna 172 airplane did not ship a misery sign after disappearing from radar on Thursday. Greater than 1,000 members of Iceland's Search and Rescue group helped hunt for the plane, which was discovered Saturday in a portion of the lake about 30 miles east of Iceland's capital, Reykjavik.
Neuman was greatest recognized for creating one of many most-watched skateboarding movies on YouTube, the place his channel has nearly 1.2 million subscribers.
In line with Neuman's homepage, he started making movies on the age of 12 together with his father's video digital camera and later dropped out of school to pursue a profession in excessive sports activities and filmmaking.
One video of him skating downhill in 2019 has been considered greater than 106 million instances on YouTube.
Suspicious Antwerp spokesman Bram Boriau mentioned the aim of the flight was to seize footage of Iceland's gorgeous surroundings.
"All individuals current had been massively keen about journey and content material creation, therefore these themes had been the primary focus of the journey," he instructed the AP by electronic mail.
Neuman's household posted a press release on his Instagram web page, saying: "Because the world sheds a tear, we should always know that he handed doing what he cherished, having simply skilled the Northern Lights in Iceland for the primary time commenting, 'That is the happiest day of my life.'"