Eight skydivers and one pilot died on Sunday when a plane crashed in northern Sweden
The GippsAero GA8 Airvan, a single engine plane popular with skydivers, crashed shortly after 14:00 (12:00 GMT), having left Umea airport. The plane crashed on an island on the Ume river, a police spokesman said. All those on board were Swedish, police added. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Swedish media quoted…