Indiana Jones and Speed Racer actor Christian Oliver, 51, killed with daughters in horror plane crash in the Caribbean

An American actor who starred in Indiana Jones died along with his two daughters, aged 10 and 12, in a plane crash in the Caribbean.

Christian Oliver (51) died when the plane in which he was flying with his family nosedived and crashed along the coast of the island.

Christian Oliver with his ex-wife and daughters in 2015. Credit: Getty

Oliver was on vacation with his daughters when he died Credit: Getty

The plane crashed off the coast of a small Caribbean island on ThursdayCredit: Social Media

The pilot of the plane also died together with Oliver and his children, Madita and Annika.

The actor has appeared in several hits on the big screen, including Saved By The Bell and Valkyrie.

The horror plane crash happened around noon on Thursday, near the coast of Bequia.

The small island is part of St Vincent in the Caribbean.

Tragically, she will soon appear in Forever Hold Your Peace, which stopped filming at the end of December.

The film’s director, Nick Lyon, paid tribute to the star online, writing: “We’ve been talking about producing a film together for years and we finally did it! Thank you for being a great colleague, actor and friend.”

Local reports say he arrived in the Caribbean with his children on December 26 after filming.

Just two days before he died, Oliver posted a snap on a tropical beach with the caption: “Let love rule. Wishing you all the best in 2024.”

The group was reportedly headed to St. Lucia when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Bequia airport.

A video of the horrific crash, recorded by a passer-by, can be heard saying “The plane has crashed! Call the Coast Guard!”.

In December 2021, the actor filed for divorce from his ex-wife, LA journalist Jessica Muroz.

Pilot Robert Sachs contacted the tower shortly after takeoff to inform them that the plane was in trouble and turning around.

This was the last communication from the plane according to local reports.

The water around the crash site is said to be only about 70 feet, and local residents helped emergency responders search for water.

German-born Oliver, who has been acting for 15 years, has starred alongside Cara Blanchett, Tom Cruise and George Clooney.

He also ran a production company based in LA.

Oliver was a voice actor in 2023’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and played Brian Keller in Saved by the Bell in the 1990s.

One local fisherman condemned the Coast Guard’s efforts in the wake of the tragedy.

He told local outlet iWitness News: “We explained to them that the tide was starting to come in now so if you left it (the wreckage) there, there was (a possibility) that we wouldn’t find the plane anymore, that it would drift away.”

The unnamed fisherman was close to the crash site and got there as the jet was sinking.

Several fishermen then intended to use ropes and buoys to pull the bodies out of the water themselves.

But the Coast Guard told them not to shoot until official divers arrived at the scene.

A witness to the crash, Cornell Campbell, said the plane caused concern in the area by making loud noises from its engines and propellers before it disintegrated.

“The first time everything went out. So I said to my friend, ‘That plane is going to crash.’ But the plane went up again as if it had regained power,” he said.

It soon lost altitude and while the pilot was apparently trying to recover from the fall, the plane lost power and “plunged”.

Campbell described how the jet “exploded” after hitting the water.

He said: “But when it was sinking, something in the water went “Bouff!” and that’s why I said it exploded.

“So that’s the only thing I heard as the plane was sinking. It said ‘Bouff!'” underwater.

Tyrone Durham, another witness and a retired Coast Guard officer, said: “It looks like the power went out or the engine went out and then I got out from under the tree and looked at the plane.

“It looks like he was turning to go back to the airport, but then with the wind, because I don’t think he made it to [cruising] altitude, so he was obviously returning to the airport.”