Lithuanian plane searched in the Baltic Sea – Aftonbladet

A private plane that took off from Älvängen north of Gothenburg yesterday is mysteriously disappeared.

Swedish dressings helped yesterday to the search operation in the Baltic Sea.

– We have been up there with an incident rote, two Gripen, says Kristina Astrand Bohman, duty officer at the Swedish Armed Forces.

The plane, an An-2, which took off from Älvängen in Ale few mil north of Gothenburg would have landed in the port city Klaipeda in Lithuania at 17:20 o’clock on Saturday afternoon.

But it never arrived.

Just under a hundred miles off the Lithuanian coast they lost contact with it. When the clock was just after 16, local time.

Right now a search operation in the Baltic Sea.

Sweden assisted in the operation

– Two Navy ships, a helicopter and an aircraft involved in sökarbetet says Antanas Brenčius, spokesperson for the Lithuanian navy, told Aftonbladet.

He tells us that the contact with the plane was broken when it was 97 nautical miles from the coast and the Lithuanian authorities leads sökarbetet with help from Latvia. Yesterday also helped Swedish dressings to surgery.

Two Jas 39 Gripen should have helped with reconnaissance in sökinsatsen.

– We have also assisted with radar specialists, says Kristina Astrand Bohman, duty officer of the Armed Forces, told Aftonbladet.

“in good condition”

On board of the missing were two pilots. Both must have been very experienced. The day before they took off from Gothenburg, they have flown the plane there from Denmark, a trip that went without any problems.

Antanas Brenčius do not know how long sökinsatsen will last if we do not find any trace of the plane .

– We will look today, but then it depends on what information we get, he says.

accidents The cause is not yet known. According to information provided to The Lithuania Tribune planet will have been in good condition. It is owned by the company Klaipeda Airline, but civil. There should be plastic for up to twelve passengers on board, reports the Lithuanian news website 15 minutes.

According to Antanas Brenčius pilots should not have sent any distress call.