"With deep sorrow, we confirm that Richard Cousins ??and four of his close relatives have died as a result of the plane crash in Australia on December 31, 2017," the statement said Compass Group.

The hydroplane DHC-2 Beaver fell into the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales on Sunday afternoon. Onboard there were five passengers and the pilot, all of them were lost. The causes of the crash are currently unknown.

Compass Group - the world's largest company in the field of corporate food. She organizes the delivery of food to offices and plants, schools, universities, hospitals, prisons, sports facilities and oil platforms in 50 countries, serving about four billion people annually.