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Australia and New Zealand grounded Gippsland GA8 Airvan planes over safety concerns after a deadly crash in Sweden this month killed nine.
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) halted operations of the planes made by Gippsaero Pty Ltd for 15 days, it said, adding it has sent an airworthiness engineer to Sweden to observe the crash investigation and collect relevant safety information. There are 63 GA8 aircraft registered in Australia out of a global fleet of 228, it said.
“CASA has been working closely with the Swedish and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency,†it said. The fatal crash occurred near Umea in northern Sweden during a skydiving flight.