Several people dead after skydive plane crashes in Sweden

A small aircraft has clashed at the Orebro airport in Sweden, killing several passengers, police said on Thursday evening.

The plane crashed during take-off and then caught fire, with nine passengers on board, police said.

It was unclear if all of the passengers died, and the cause for the accident was also not yet known.

Orebro is located almost 200 kilometres west of Stockholm.

Swedish media reported that the aircraft was a parachuting plane. Newspaper Expressen reported that eight skydivers had been on board the plane, plus the pilot.

Only two years ago, a parachuting plane crashed near the city of Umea in eastern Sweden, killing nine people.