Search for Woman Feared Dead After Skydiving Plane Crashed Into Banderas Bay Lizzie Dearden - The Independent
go to original May 13, 2015

Varsha Maisuria, 42, has not been found since the accident six days ago. (Facebook)

A civil servant from London is feared dead after she was involved in a plane crash while skydiving on holiday in Mexico.

Varsha Maisuria, 42, has been missing since the accident off Las Glorias Beach, in Puerto Vallarta, on Thursday.

She was on board a small Cessna plane with four other people when it crashed into the sea in front of horrified tourists.

The pilot and two passengers were rescued but Ms Maisuria and her skydiving instructor, who were strapped together for a tandem jump, were not found.

A missing person’s website said the women were left “dangling from the plane”, which caused their parachute to open before it hit the water.



Footage from the aftermath of the accident showed the small white and red plane floating on the surface as passers-by on jetskis and in boats rushed to help.

...Relatives have set up a Facebook page to help find Ms Maisuria, who works for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).

Her brother, Amit, said they are campaigning for Mexican authorities to continue their search for the plane, which is believed to be 1,000m underwater in the Bay of Banderas.

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