One caller says he was sunbathing with friends in the yard of his Jämijärvi cabin when he heard a strange noise.
“Suddenly I heard an abnormal airplane engine sound and then we saw a smoking plane spiralling downwards behind the nearby forest.”
He says the next thing he heard was the sound of emergency rescue vehicles.
A second witness wrote that she was out jogging when she heard a small plane engine from the airfield's direction.
“Out of the blue, the engine’s roar stopped and I noticed it because it sounded so strange.”
She says it is possible that the engine noise came from the crashed aircraft.
Yet another witness says a piece fell from the plane before the crash.
An Yle reporter at the Jämi holiday resort next to the airfield reported a rescue helicopter and ambulance at the airfield at 6 pm.
New information indicates the Comp Air 8 turboprop-powered light aircraft contained ten parachutists, in addition to the pilot. Three of the ten have been found alive.