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West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.

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West Air Sweden Flight 294

2016 aviation accident in Sweden

West Air Sweden Flight 294 was a cargo flight of a Bombardier CRJ200 from Oslo to Tromsø, Norway, that crashed on 8 January 2016. A malfunction in one of the inertial reference units had produced erroneous altitude indications on one of the instrument displays. The crew's…
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Akkajaure

Reservoir in Norrbotten County, Sweden

Akkajaure is one of the largest reservoirs in Sweden. It lies at the headwaters of the Lule River in Norrbotten County, in Swedish Lappland, within the Stora Sjöfallet national park. The lake formed after the construction of the first Suorva dam in 1913–1923. The rim of the…
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January 8

Day of the year

January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year.
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