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The aircraft is a Cessna 551 from 1979, registered in Austria. It took off in the early afternoon from Jerez airport in Spain, about 80 km from Seville.
Fighter planes from several European countries have examined what is happening with the stealth plane. The call to him was to stop France. According to the Swedish newspaper “Dagens Nyheter”, no one was in the cockpit. Pilots witnessed the machine spinning and crashing near Latvia.
The Swedish Naval and Air Rescue Center shortly before 20 reported that the plane had disappeared from radar. “Our Gotland helicopter is on its way to a place where we fear the plane may have crashed,” said Jonas Wahlstrom.
The Swedes found machine shrapnel and oil stains in the water, says Dagens-Nehter. The newspaper’s website stated that the chances of finding survivors are nil.
– The crash site has already been created. The next step is for Latvia, which has officially taken over the rescue, Johan Allen of the Swedish Rescue Center told DK.
According to information from the German “Belda”, there was a pilot, a woman, a man and their daughter on board. The newspaper added that after takeoff, the machine reported pressure problems in the cabin.
A little earlier, the plane was 19 over the German island of Rügen, and after a moment flew into Swedish airspace. in. At 19.35, the plane began to lose altitude and speed. Approximately. 40 km northwest of the Latvian city of Ventspils, the machine began to change its course. In the end, the plane descended at a very dangerous altitude and eventually disappeared from the Flightradar 24 map.
Visualize the last moments of the plane:
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