14 CFR Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
Accident occurred Sunday, July 14, 2019 in Umea, Sweden
Aircraft: AIRvan GA8, registration:
Injuries: 9 Fatal.
The foreign authority was the source of this information.
The government of Sweden has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a AIRvan GA8 airplane that occurred on July 14, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Sweden's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.
All investigative information will be released by the government of Sweden.
Nine people were killed Sunday when a small plane carrying a group of skydivers crashed shortly after takeoff in Sweden, officials said.
The crash happened shortly after 2 p.m. on Storsandskar island not long after the plane took off from Umea Airport, located in the northern part of the country.
Swedish airport authority Swedavia said the plane involved in the crash was a GippsAero GA8 Airvan, an Australian-made single-engine aircraft popular with skydivers.
Some of the parachutists were seen trying to jump off the plane just before it went down, witnesses told Swedish media.
"I heard a weird sound, which didn't sound normal. I looked up and saw a plane spinning like a top," witness Peter Larsson told the Dagens Nyheter newspaper. "At first, I thought it was an acrobatic flight, but we quickly realized that something was wrong."
Another witness told Swedish broadcaster SVT she heard a loud noise from above before she saw the plane going straight down and crashing into the island.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven expressed "great sadness" over the accident in a statement to Swedish news agency TT. He sent condolences to the families of the victims and said the government would stay in close touch with officials probing the crash "as it is important to investigate the cause".
The crash happened shortly after 2 p.m. on Storsandskar island not long after the plane took off from Umea Airport, located in the northern part of the country.
Swedish airport authority Swedavia said the plane involved in the crash was a GippsAero GA8 Airvan, an Australian-made single-engine aircraft popular with skydivers.
Some of the parachutists were seen trying to jump off the plane just before it went down, witnesses told Swedish media.
"I heard a weird sound, which didn't sound normal. I looked up and saw a plane spinning like a top," witness Peter Larsson told the Dagens Nyheter newspaper. "At first, I thought it was an acrobatic flight, but we quickly realized that something was wrong."
Another witness told Swedish broadcaster SVT she heard a loud noise from above before she saw the plane going straight down and crashing into the island.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven expressed "great sadness" over the accident in a statement to Swedish news agency TT. He sent condolences to the families of the victims and said the government would stay in close touch with officials probing the crash "as it is important to investigate the cause".
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