載有傘兵的小型飛機在瑞典墜毀，9人死亡

載有傘兵的小型飛機在瑞典墜毀，9人死亡

Swedish officials said a small plane carrying parachutists crashed in northern Sweden soon after takeoff on Sunday and all nine people on board were killed.

瑞典官員稱，一架載有傘兵的小型飛機，于星期天起飛后不久，在瑞典北部墜毀，機上9人全部遇難。

The accident took place a little after 2 p.m. local time on Storsandskar island. Swedish media quoted witnesses reporting that some of the parachutists were seen trying to jump off the plane just before the crash.

事故發(fā)生在當?shù)貢r間下午2點后不久的斯托桑斯卡島，瑞典媒體援引目擊者的話說，有人看到一些傘兵在飛機墜毀前試圖跳下飛機。

Swedish airport authority Swedavia said the crashed aircraft was a GippsAero GA8 Airvan, an Australian-made single-engine plane popular with parachutists, that took off from Umea Airport. The cause of the crash is not yet known.

瑞典機場管理局(Swedivia)說，墜毀的飛機是一架吉普薩羅(Gippsaero)GA8型飛機，這是一架澳大利亞制造的單引擎飛機，深受傘兵歡迎，從默阿機場起飛。墜機原因尚不清楚。

“I can confirm that all those aboard the plane have died,” Region Vasterbotten municipality spokeswoman Gabriella Bandling said.

巴斯特博滕地區(qū)發(fā)言人加布里埃拉·班德林說:“我可以證實機上所有人員都已遇難。”

One witness told Swedish broadcaster SVT she heard a loud noise from above before she saw the plane going straight down and crashing into the island.

一名目擊者告訴瑞典廣播公司SVT，她聽到了上空的巨大噪音，然后看到飛機直直地墜落并撞向小島。

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven expressed “great sadness” over the accident in a statement to Swedish news agency TT.

瑞典首相斯特凡·洛文，在給瑞典TT通訊社的一份聲明中，對這起事故表示“非常悲痛”。