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Bombardier freighter crashes in Swedish mountains, killing two aircrew
A BOMBARDIER CRJ-200PF operated by West Atlantic Sweden has crashed in the Swedish mountains of Gallivare, killing both crew members.
Swedish accident investigators have recovered the two flight recorders that crashed in Sweden near the Norwegian border.
The freighter aircraft, registered as SE-DUX, was carrying mail for Norwegian postal service Posten Norge, enroute to Tromso from Oslo, when the Spanish pilot, aged 42, sent a brief mayday distress call at 23:31 on January 7, reported Atlanta area Air Cargo World. The French co-pilot was 34.
Flight radar reported that the aircraft fell from an altitude of 33,000 feet to 11,725 feet in just 60 seconds. Swedish air rescue services with support from Hovedredningssentralen in Norway located the crash site hours later between the northwestern edge of Lake Akkajaure in Sweden and the Norwegian border.
"It was a powerful crash, right into the ground," said Swedish rescue service spokesman Daniel Lindblad.
The CEO of Gothenburg-based West Atlantic, Gustaf Thureborn, has ordered all CRJ-200 aircraft in the fleet grounded as a precaution. The aircraft that crashed was built in 1993 and had flown 38,601 hours.
Swedish accident investigators have recovered the two flight recorders that crashed in Sweden near the Norwegian border.
The freighter aircraft, registered as SE-DUX, was carrying mail for Norwegian postal service Posten Norge, enroute to Tromso from Oslo, when the Spanish pilot, aged 42, sent a brief mayday distress call at 23:31 on January 7, reported Atlanta area Air Cargo World. The French co-pilot was 34.
Flight radar reported that the aircraft fell from an altitude of 33,000 feet to 11,725 feet in just 60 seconds. Swedish air rescue services with support from Hovedredningssentralen in Norway located the crash site hours later between the northwestern edge of Lake Akkajaure in Sweden and the Norwegian border.
"It was a powerful crash, right into the ground," said Swedish rescue service spokesman Daniel Lindblad.
The CEO of Gothenburg-based West Atlantic, Gustaf Thureborn, has ordered all CRJ-200 aircraft in the fleet grounded as a precaution. The aircraft that crashed was built in 1993 and had flown 38,601 hours.
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