THE FORMER owner of luxury German fashion house Joop! is feared drowned after falling off a cruise ship.
Millionaire Kai Wunsche, 81, is believed to have fallen off MS Europa luxury cruise ship on Monday near the Dutch Island of Texel.
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Kai Wunsche, 81 is the millionare former owner of Joop! Credit: Getty 2
It's feared he has fallen overboard a super yacht Credit: Getty
According to reports the ship was travelling from Hamburg, Germany, to Antwerp, Belgium - but the fashion giant was reported missing before it reached its destination.
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, who owns the ship, has confirmed that an incident occurred - but the circumstances around his disappearance are not known.
A spokesperson for the company told The Times: “Our sympathy and thoughts are with the relatives”, but did not offer any further details.
This follows reports on Monday that a man had fallen overboard.
It alleged that the cruise ship turned round and a search got underway.
A helicopter, an aircraft and five boats were brought in to help - but rough seas forced rescue teams to call off the search on Monday evening.
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Kai is a successful entrepreneur and is the former owner of fashion brands Joop! and Cinque.
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