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That article surely is a ride, I mean…
The right-wing party Alternative for Sweden, for which Lundström ran in the 2021 elections, confirmed his death in a Facebook post on Tuesday.
Didn’t know he was right-wing.
On Monday, rescue teams discovered parts of the plane inside the cabin but were unable to identify the pilot.
Sounds like a movie plot.
Lundström was the heir to Swedish crisp bread producer Wasabröd.
Heh.
To be honest, crashing a small plane in that area is not that out of the ordinary, I happen to know some people who died there in a plane crash. The more open airspaces there have a low ceiling, and there is a lot of bad visiblility and high mountains. If the weather is not good, you simply shouldn’t fly, or go higher and file IFR, otherwise it’s very dangerous for CFIT incidents.
I’m confused as to what they mean by “not being able to identify the pilot”, surely that’s the guy whose identity is the easiest to figure out as you can’t just take off from a runway without being registered and security cleared etc. Right? Or do they mean that they can’t verify that the pilot who took off is the same as the one they found in the wreck?
you can’t just take off from a runway without being registered and security cleared etc. Right?
Under European rules, if you are flying domestically under VFR, you don’t necessarily need to even file a flight plan. Even if they did, nobody checks who flies the plane if it’s not an international big airport. I mean I sure would file either way, especially since that area is dangerous and I want authorities to know where I am if I disappear in the mountains.
For a small grass strip in the middle of Slovenia, you might not even need a radio, but local regulations might beg to differ.
It’s possible it’s literally as tight and controlled as getting into and driving a car is.
