The plane, Canadair CRJ-200, is registered in Sweden, but travels between Norwegian destinations. Its total diameter is about 50 metres and there are no large parts but only small fragments left of the aircraft,” he added. (…) The weather conditions weren't harsh,” Daniel Lindblad, Swedish Maritime Administration press officer, also told TT. “They sent a very brief 'mayday' and then the plane disappeared from our radar. “The terrain is mountainous and it's -30C, so it's going to take a while before we get there,” police spokesperson Maria Jakobsson told the TT newswire earlier in the morning. Police and mountain rescue teams were still on their way to the scene amid sub-freezing temperarures at 11am. Thureborn told reporters he had been woken up by a phone call two minutes after the airline was alerted about the crash and was at the office 15 minutes later. The company said it had not yet been established whether or not the staff had died in the crash.Ī Norwegian F16 plane located the wreckage on the ground between the north-western edge of Swedish lake Akkajaure and the Norwegian border, in an area often known as the Swedish alps. Between them they had logged more than 6,000 flight hours. West Atlantic did not immediately identify the crew but said that the captain was aged 42 and from Spain, and the first officer was aged 34 and from France. It was on its way from Norwegian Gardermoen to Tromsø when it sent out a distress signal in Swedish airspace at 11.31pm, Thureborn said. Two people were on board the aircraft, which was carrying mail for the Norwegian postal service.
"What should not happen and may not happen has happened," he told reporters. West Atlantic's CEO's Gustaf Thureborn told a press conference in Gothenburg "with great sorrow" that the accident had taken place on Thursday night. Two pilots from France and Spain were on board a mail plane that crashed on its way from Sweden to Norway, the aircraft's operator has confirmed. We're happy to offer more information as soon as we have it," he added. "In light of the ongoing investigation we can't give you more information about what has happened, but we'll have to await its results. Thureborn told reporters that all of the company's planes of the same model had been grounded as a precaution. The aircraft, a Bombardier CRJ-200, is registered in Sweden, but travels between Norwegian destinations. Thureborn told reporters he was woken up by a phone call two minutes after the airline was alerted about the crash and was at the office 15 minutes later. The cause of the crash remains a mystery, officials said.Ī Norwegian F16 plane first located the wreckage on the ground between the north-western edge of Swedish lake Akkajaure and the Norwegian border, in an area often known as the Swedish alps. However Swedish emergency services reported later on Friday afternoon that it was likely the pilots had died in the crash and said that staff were no longer looking for survivors. Police and mountain rescue teams arrived at the site at around 1pm on Friday, after being delayed by treacherous conditions. "What should not happen and may not happen has happened," Gustaf Thureborn said to reporters. On Friday morning the CEO of the company told a press conference in Gothenburg he had "great sorrow" that the accident had taken place.
West Atlantic - the plane's operator - did not immediately identify the crew but said that the captain was aged 42 and from Spain, and the first officer was aged 34 and from France.
The plane was on its way from Norwegian airport Gardermoen to Tromsø when it sent out a distress signal in Swedish airspace at 11.31pm on Thursday night. Emergency services have said it is unlikely they will find survivors or a crash in Swedish Lapland, which happened as two pilots were transporting mail in northern Norway.
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