News Missoni Plane Pilot And Airline Not Licensed 
 
 THE airline and the pilot of the missing plane carrying Missoni boss Vittorio Missoni and four other passengers were not licensed to fly, Italian flight security agency ANSV has confirmed. The search for the group continues. 
 
 The license of pilot 72-year-old Germán Marchan expired on November 30, while the plane's airline did "not yet have [a] regular air operator's certificate", Italian publication La Repubblica reports. Missoni and his co-passengers vanished on Friday January 4 near Venezuela. 
 
 According to the newspaper, the aircraft took off from Los Roques at 11.32am on route to Caracas airport. Seven minutes later, Marchan or his co-pilot reported the plane's position of 10 nautical miles from Gran Roque off the coast of Venezuela, 5,000 foot above sea level. Data suggests that the plane climbed to 5,400 feet, moving 13.3 nautical miles from the island of Gran Roque before losing altitude and disappearing from radars. 

 ANSV, Italy's agency for flight security, determined that both the pilot and airline responsible for the plane carrying Vittorio Missoni, which disappeared on January 4, were not fully licensed to operate, La Repubblica writes. Pilot Germán Marchan's flying license expired November 30, 2012, and at 72 years old, his age caused concern from the beginning of the investigation; however, one of his colleagues, Piergiorgio Serloni, previously told La Stampa that Marchan is "one of the most expert and respected pilots in Los Roques." As for the airline, according to La Repubblica, it did "not yet have [a] regular air operator's certificate." 
 
 The Italian paper has more details about the incident. The plane took off from Los Roques at 11:32 a.m. for the international airport in Maiquetia, Caracas. Seven minutes later, Marchan or his co-pilot reported the plane's position of ten nautical miles from the island of Gran Roque at 5,000 feet above sea level, but didn't make further contact. Based on data, the plane ascended to 5,400 feet or so, moving 13.2 nautical miles from Gran Roque before losing altitude and speed, and going off the radar. 
 
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– The search for fashion boss Vittorio Missoni and others aboard a small plane that went missing off the coast of Venezuela Jan. 4 continues, and a new report today doesn't exactly inspire confidence: An Italian newspaper says neither the 72-year-old pilot nor the small airline he worked for had a license to fly, reports Vogue. The pilot's license expired in November, and though his age has caused concern, New York notes that a separate Italian report called him "one of the most expert and respected pilots" in the region. Italy has sent its own experts to help in the search.