Plane carrying skydivers crashes in Finland, killing 8

JAMIJARVI, FINLAND (BNO NEWS) — A small plane carrying a group of skydivers for an Easter Day jump crashed in southwestern Finland on Sunday afternoon, killing eight people in the country’s worst aviation accident in more than three decades, police said. Three others survived by jumping out in time.

The accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. local time on Sunday when the Comp Air 8 aircraft crashed near Jämijärvi Airfield, an airfield used by small planes in southwestern Finland, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) northeast of Pori. The aircraft was carrying a total of 10 skydivers and one pilot.

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