载有伞兵的小型飞机在瑞典坠毁，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.

瑞典官员称，一架载有伞兵的小型飞机，于星期天起飞后不久，在瑞典北部坠毁，机上9人全部遇难。

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.

事故发生在当地时间下午2点后不久的斯托桑斯卡岛，瑞典媒体援引目击者的话说，有人看到一些伞兵在飞机坠毁前试图跳下飞机。

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.

瑞典机场管理局(Swedivia)说，坠毁的飞机是一架吉普萨罗(Gippsaero)GA8型飞机，这是一架澳大利亚制造的单引擎飞机，深受伞兵欢迎，从默阿机场起飞。坠机原因尚不清楚。

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

巴斯特博滕地区发言人加布里埃拉·班德林说:“我可以证实机上所有人员都已遇难。”

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.

一名目击者告诉瑞典广播公司SVT，她听到了上空的巨大噪音，然后看到飞机直直地坠落并撞向小岛。

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，在给瑞典TT通讯社的一份声明中，对这起事故表示“非常悲痛”。