A small plane carrying skydivers crashed outside the Swedish town of Orebro on Thursdayꦕ night, killing nine people, police said.
The dead in🍷clud♌ed the pilot and eight passengers, police said.
Spokesperson Carl-🌠Johan Linde of the Swedish Maritime Administration, which oversees air traffic, told broadcaster SVT the crash must have occurred “in connection” with the plane's takeoff.
The Swedish Accident🐽 Inves♑tigation Authority dispatched a team to the the accident site outside Orebro, which sits 164 kilometers (102 miles) west of Stockholm.
No further details were available. Police scheduled a nไews conference for Friday.