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9 people die in plane crash in Sweden
2021-07-09
Direct translation of the article. Edited.
[REGNUM] Nine people were killed in a plane crash near the Swedish city of Örebro, the Sun newspaper reported on July 9, citing Swedish police.

On board the aircraft were eight parachutists and a pilot. Earlier it was reported that after the plane crash in Örebro, two people were hospitalized. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Loewen expressed his condolences to the families and friends of the victims. An investigation into the incident has begun.

As reported by IA REGNUM , on July 8, a plane with parachutists crashed in Örebro. The aircraft fell immediately after takeoff from the airfield. After the crash, the wreckage of the plane caught fire.
Deutsche Welle adds:
"It is a sky diver plane that has crashed after takeoff," Emil Gustavsson, rescue leader at the Joint Rescue Co-Ordination Centre, told local TT news agency.

In a similar incident two years ago, a parachuting plane crashed near the city of Umea in northern Sweden, killing nine people on board.
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