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Jämijärvi eyewitnesses: Plane made noises and lost parts before fall

Three people were killed on Sunday in a light aircraft disaster in Jämijärvi, 70 kilometres from Pori. Several others remain missing. Eyewitnesses to the incident reported hearing strange sounds from the plane’s engine.

Keltainen Comp Air 8 -lentokone
Arkistokuva Comp Air 8 -lentokoneesta. Image: Lauri Liuhto

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.

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