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“It’s a very severe accident,” Swedish police said on their website. “Everyone on board the crashed plane has died.”
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Police said the plane, a DHC-2 Turbo Beaver, was carrying eight skydivers and one pilot. It crashed close to the runway at Orebro airport shortly after takeoff and caught fire at impact.
“It is with great sadness and sorrow that I have received the tragic information about the plane crash in Orebro,” Prime Minister Stefan Lofven wrote on Twitter. “My thoughts are with the victims, their families and loved ones in this very difficult time.”
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STOCKHOLM, July 8 (Reuters) – Several people died in the crash of an airplane after takeoff outside Orebro, Sweden, on Thursday, Swedish police said.
“It’s a very severe accident,” Swedish police said on their website. “Several people have died.”
Police said the plane was carrying nine people. The Joint Rescue Co-Ordination Centre told TT news agency it was carrying sky divers.
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Several people have died after a small aircraft used for skydiving with nine people on board crashed near an airport outside Orebro in Sweden on Thursday, police and rescue services said.
A small propeller plane crashed near Orebro airport, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) west of Stockholm, according to an alert received by Sweden’s Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC)
They located the aircraft alongside one of the runways, Carl-Johan Linde, spokesman for the Swedish Maritime Authority which oversees the JRCC, told AFP.
As far as they could tell, the accident happened as the plane was taking off, he added. Nine people were reported to be on board: eight skydivers and the pilot.
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