Missoni missing: family hold hope Vittorio is still alive The family of missing Missoni tycoon said they still held hope that he could be found alive despite no sign of his missing plane in Venezuela. "Our hope is that he is still alive," Vittorio Missoni's sister, Angela, said in an interview published in the Italian daily La Repubblica. We want to hope, because for us it is important. The Italian fashion mogul was on a twin-engined Britten Norman BN2 prop plane with his wife, another Italian couple and two Venezuelan pilots when the ageing aircraft disappeared off the radar in the notoriously dangerous route between Los Roques and Caracas. READ: Missoni son missing after mysterious Venezuela plane disappearance Rescue crews continue to search the land, air and sea around the string of tropical islands, including dedicated oceanography vessels with high-powered sonar, but no trace of the plane has been found. His itinerary was to fly from Venezuela onto Spain and then Italy, where the luxury fashion house was preparing to unveil a series of new designs at Milan fashion week next month.