A small sport plane has crashed in the sea outside Norrköping.
Two people are feared to have been on board, according to the Swedish Maritime Administration.
– We have found a body, says Sara Eriksson, press manager at the Swedish Maritime Administration, to TT.
According to the Swedish Maritime Administration, it is a smaller propeller plane that they noted via radar rapidly lost latitude. Then the alarm was raised about a “big splash”.
– A person who alerted SOS heard a big splash from the water, says Sara Eriksson, press manager at the Swedish Maritime Administration.
– We have received mixed information about how many people were on the plane, but
probably there were two people. We have information that points to that
held.
The impact site is described as north of Arkösund, and the rescue effort is led by the Maritime and Air Rescue Centre. Among other things, a helicopter, boats and divers participate in the search for the plane and the people on board.
– We have a number of divers from the rescue service who are looking for a place where oil comes up, which indicates a wreck. We suspect that it could be a plan, says Sara Eriksson.
– We have also found smaller parts from an airplane in the water, but not an airplane wreck.
Lifted from Poland – changed flight route
The plane took off at an airport in Poland and for unknown reasons changed its flight route, according to the Civil Aviation Authority.
– The plane left from Poland and was going to Dala-Järna, but changed its destination to Skavsta, says Karin Ellström, civil servant on standby at the Swedish Aviation Administration
According to the Swedish Maritime Administration, the plane is of the Rallye model, a lighter propeller plane.