Skydiving plane crash kills nine in Sweden

A plane carrying nine people for a parachute jump crashed in Northern Sweden soon after taking off.

Reports say, all nine people died instantly.

The plane crashed on an Island on the Ume river.

A police spokesman informed that all those on board were Swedish.

The cause of the crash is not immediately clear but Swedish media quoted witnesses as saying some of the parachutists were seen trying to jump off the plane just before it crashed.