Following the accident involving the aircraft SE-DUX West Atlantic Sweden AB will hold a press conference at 11:00 a.m. at Best Western Tidbloms Hotel with address Olskroksgatan 23, SE 416-66 Gothenburg.

The aircraft departed Oslo on route to Tromsö and declared mayday at 1:31 p.m. whereby the Swedish and Norwegian search and rescue teams were notified. The crash site was located at 3:10 a.m. near the Norwegian border by the lake Akkajaure in the Swedish Lapplandsfjällen by air rescue services with support from Hovedredningssentralen in Norway.

The search has been taken over by the Swedish police which are on their way to the accident site. The internal process is coordinated by the Company’s Emergency Response Team.

Route

Flight no: SWN 294

Route: Oslo – Tromsö

Crew members on board: 2

Type of freight: General freight / Post

Aircraft

Registration: SE-DUX

Aircraft Type: Bombardier CRJ200 PF

Year of manufacture: 1993

Manufacturer’s serial number: 7010

Hours flown since manufactured: 38,601:49

Total flight cycles since manufactured: 31,036

West Atlantic Sweden AB has operated the aircraft since 2007 and flown approximately 10,000 hours.

Crew

Age: Captain 42, First Officer 34

Employed with the company: 2011 and 2008

Flight hours: Captain 2,050 hours on type, total hours 3,173

First officer: 900 hours on type, total hours 3,050