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West Air Sweden Flight 294

fatal crash of a CRJ200 in Sweden
Event aviation_accident Q21995232
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Summary

West Air Sweden Flight 294 is an aviation accident[1]. It draws 1,897 Wikipedia views per month (aviation accident category, ranking #201 of 1,410).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Sweden[3]
  • Item operated: Bombardier CRJ100/200[4]
  • Operator: West Atlantic Sweden[5]
  • Location: Akkajaure[6]
  • Commons category: West Air Sweden Flight 294[7]
  • Point in time: January 8, 2016[8]
  • Number of deaths: 2[9]
  • Depicted by: Impossible Pitch[10]
  • Start point: Oslo Airport[11]
  • Destination point: Tromsø Airport[12]
  • Number of survivors: 0[13]
  • Vessel: Bombardier CRJ100/200[14]
  • Flight number: PT294[15]

Why It Matters

West Air Sweden Flight 294 has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Sweden

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . twitter.com. Retrieved . twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Dexbot bot · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Sweden
    Vessel → Bombardier CRJ100/200
    Operator → West Atlantic Sweden
    Instance of → aviation accident
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:fa:پرواز ۲۹۴ ایر سوئد]]"
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