Swedish Skydive plane down.

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Swedish Skydive plane down.

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Airvan. All 9 dead.
Another one.....

https://www.cp24.com/world/skydiving-pl ... -1.4507546
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CASA Australia and EASA ground GA-8 Airvan following a recent accident in Sweden

https://news.aviation-safety.net/2019/0 ... uIxeKRfSmM
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I've just heard that too. And now heard my friends at MAF have grounded their worldwide fleet of Airvans.
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Aircraft is no longer grounded.....

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... ng-459936/

Pilot had a total time of 240 hours. Asked ATC for a clearance to climb to avoid clouds, lost control soon after.

Preliminary report here.....

https://www.havkom.se/assets/reports/SR ... tement.pdf
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