Stockholm: Swedish police said Friday that all nine people on a small plane used for skydiving which hit the airport in Sweden the day had died before.
Small propeller aircraft carrying eight skydivers and pilots, fell shortly after 19:00 (1700 GMT) on Thursday, due to takeoff from Orebro Airport, around 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Stockholm.
Initially, the police only referred to “multiple” death and said that one person had been taken to the hospital with a serious injury.
According to local media, the plane was Beavers DHC-2, which was hired by local Skydiving clubs to be used for summer events.
“Usually, most skydiving is done on weekends, but now they have rented a plane to jump more intense for a full week,” Anna Oscarson, the head of communication for the Swedish Skydiving Association, told SVT broadcasters.
In 2019, nine people were also killed when a plane carrying skydivers crashed outside the city of Umea, Northeast Sweden.
The toll of death rose to nine in a small plane crash in Sweden
