Swedish Coast Guard
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Image:Karlskrona Stumholmen Tunnebodsmagasinet.jpg Image:CASA 212 side.jpg The Swedish Coast Guard (Swedish: Kustbevakningen) is a Swedish civilian government agency tasked with:
- maritime surveillance and other control and inspection tasks as well as environmental cleanup after oil spills at sea
- co-ordinate the civilian needs for maritime survaillance and maritime information
- follow international development within the field and take part in international efforts to establish border controls, law enforcement at sea, environmental protection at sea and other maritime surveillance tasks.
[edit] Incidents
- On October 26, 2006 a Swedish Coast Guard CASA 212-200 (registration: SE-IVF/serial nr: KBV 585) crashed in the Falsterbo Canal during a surveillance mission, killing all four onboard.<ref>press release from the Swedish Coast Guard (Swedish)</ref> <ref>Accident descriotion - October 26, 2006 at the Aviation Safety Network Database (English)</ref> <ref>Four dead after coastguard plane crash, The Local, October 26, 2006 (English)</ref>
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- Swedish Coast Guard - official website (Swedish)sv:Kustbevakningen
