Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit September 6, 1983, No. 82-4245 (Aero International, Inc. v. United States Fire Insurance)

GEE, Circuit Judge:

In August of 1981, one Jose Van Oostrum, a Swedish national of unsavory reputation, disappeared without a trace somewhere in the Caribbean. Vanished with him was the Cessna single engine high wing aircraft he piloted.1 Such occurrences are not without precedent in that corner of the world.