STOCKHOLM – Several people were killed when a small aircraft used for skydiving with nine on board crashed near an airport outside Orebro in Sweden yesterday, said police and rescue services.
A small propeller plane crashed near Orebro airport, about 160km west of here, according to an alert received by the country’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC).
Authorities located the aircraft alongside one of the runways, Carl-Johan Linde, spokesman for the Swedish Maritime Authority that oversees JRCC, told AFP.
As far as they can tell, the accident happened as the plane was taking off, he said.
Nine people were reportedly on board – eight skydivers and the pilot.
Lars Hedelin, spokesman for police in the Bergslagen region, referred to “multiple” deaths.
He did not give a specific figure, but said one person was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
In 2019, nine individuals died when an aircraft carrying skydivers crashed outside the city of Umea, northeast Sweden. – AFP, July 9, 2021
