The police received the first report about the accident at 18:55. The air ambulance was the first to observe the wreckage at 19.16. Tips about the accident can be called to the police on 02800. 56-year-old Odd Normann Strande from Raufoss was a long-standing member of the Gjøvik and Toten flying club, and sat as a deputy member of the flying club’s board. He was an experienced pilot with over 25 years behind the wheel. In 2017, he became Norwegian champion in aerobatic flying. At the latest in April, Strande came second in the NM in the intermediate class, which is the second most difficult class. 33-year-old Fredrik Løvbrøtte Holthe from Kolbu was a passenger on the plane. Don’t know the cause The police’s crime technicians are now at the scene of the accident and are carrying out technical investigations. They are investigating the accident together with the National Accident Investigation Board. In a press release, the police write that they cannot yet say anything about the cause of the plane crash. There are said to have been several witnesses to the accident who the police will question. The next of kin are taken care of by the police next of kin contact and by the crisis team in Vestre Toten municipality. Both of the two deceased will be autopsied. Follows up the flying club John Eirik Laupsa, secretary general of the Norwegian Air Sports Association, says the association is now following up the local flying environment. – We have a separate resource group in the association that can stand up in the event of serious incidents and accidents, says Laupsa. A person from this group immediately traveled to the scene of the accident yesterday to assist. TRAGIC: Secretary General of the Norwegian Air Sports Association, John Eirik Laupsa, says the accident is tragic. Now the association is assisting the flying club with help. Photo: Tore Linvollen / news – It is the police and the National Accident Investigation Board that have the formal tasks regarding the accident. Our task is to follow up and look after the club environment. We make that a high priority, says Laupsa. Few accidents He characterizes Gjøvik and Toten flyklubb as a small club. – But they have a close and good environment there, and the club is run professionally. The club has many resource persons, says Laupsa. Lauspa says such plane accidents do not happen often. – The probability of accidents happening is small. But the consequences will be big when it first happens, says the secretary-general. The Accident Investigation Board on its way out to inspect the plane wreckage. Photo: Lars Erik Skrefsrud / news Specially designed plane The accident plane was a so-called acro plane of the Christen Eagle II type. – The aircraft type is specially designed to be used for introduction, training and competition within controlled exercises in so-called aerial acrobatics, says Rolf Liland. He is a spokesperson for the Norwegian Air Sports Association, and has special expertise in aviation safety. The plane is a tandem plane, and when used by two people, one sits in the front and one in the back. Liland says it is very rare that accidents happen with such planes. – Unlike microplanes or sports planes, such planes are certified. This means, among other things, that both the aircraft and the pilot must be approved by the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority, says Liland. He says the air sports association is now grieving with the environment over the loss of both the pilot of the plane and his passenger. – The captain was a skilled and respected person both in his local club and in the Norwegian competition environment, says Liland.
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