Multiple Fatalities in Swedish Airplane Crash: Police

Multiple Fatalities in Swedish Airplane Crash: Police
Police officers observe a small aircraft that crashed at Orebro Airport, Orebro, Sweden, on July 8 2021. (TT News Agency/Jeppe Gustafsson via Reuters)
Reuters
7/8/2021
Updated:
7/8/2021

STOCKHOLM—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.

Police officers observe a small aircraft that crashed at Orebro Airport, Orebro, Sweden, on July 8 2021. (TT News Agency/Jeppe Gustafsson via Reuters)
Police officers observe a small aircraft that crashed at Orebro Airport, Orebro, Sweden, on July 8 2021. (TT News Agency/Jeppe Gustafsson via Reuters)