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Yahoo
09-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
MTSU golfer's father, grandparents dead after plane crashes in Cherokee National Forest
POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A plane crash in East Tennessee Friday afternoon killed three people, all of whom were related to a Middle Tennessee State University golfer. The Federal Aviation Administration said a Mooney M20 crashed in the Cherokee National Forest near the Polk County community of Reliance around 4:20 p.m. ET on Friday, April 11. Three people were reportedly on board the plane at the time of the incident. Immigration status changed for six MTSU students, per university officials According to ABC affiliate WTVC, the Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management said rescue personnel searched near where the plane was last seen on radar and 'reported finding the plane wreckage and three deceased individuals.' The Cleveland Fire Department said it worked with several Tri-State Mutual Aid Association partners in Polk County to look for the wreckage and recover the three victims in the rugged terrain of the Cherokee National Forest. (Courtesy: Cleveland Fire Department) The following day, MTSU officials announced the father and grandparents of men's golfer Carter Maneth were on the plane, heading to the Tar Heel Intercollegiate, when it crashed. ⏩ 'Our hearts are with Carter and his loved ones during this unimaginable time,' Middle Tennessee Athletics said in a statement on Saturday, April 12. 'We are keeping him and his family in our thoughts and prayers, and we ask the Blue Raider community to do the same.' No additional details have been released about the plane crash, which will be investigated by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board. 📲 Download the News 2 app to stay updated on the go.📧 Sign up for WKRN email alerts to have breaking news sent to your inbox.💻 for Nashville, TN and all of Middle Tennessee. This is a developing story. WKRN News 2 will continue to update this article as new information becomes available. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Al Arabiya
15-03-2025
- Business
- Al Arabiya
Pirate bay-linked businessman dies in Slovenia plane crash
Swedish businessman Carl Lundstroem, owner of the internet provider that hosted the illegal file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, has died in an airplane crash in Slovenia, according to the far-right party he was linked to. Slovenian police confirmed on Wednesday to AFP that they found a body -- 'likely of the pilot, a Swedish citizen' -- but declined to identify him pending forensic research. The plane crashed into a wooden cabin in the Velika Planina area of northern Slovenia on Monday, but bad weather prevented rescuers from recovering the body until Tuesday. Swedish far-right party Alternative for Sweden said in a post that Lundstroem had died in the accident. 'Lundstroem, a legend and veteran of Swedish nationalism, died in a plane crash on Monday,' the post said. Lundstroem, 64, had taken off with his Mooney M20 aeroplane from Croatia's capital Zagreb heading for Zurich in Switzerland, it added. Lundstroem was the grandson of the founder of the world's largest crispbread producer Wasabroed. Founded in 2003, The Pirate Bay allows users to dodge copyright fees and share music, film and other files through peer-to-peer links offered on the site. He owned the internet provider that hosted Pirate Bay. One of the co-founders Fredrik Neij 'put The Pirate Bay in the companies data centers without really asking for permission,' another co-founder, Peter Sunde, told AFP. He 'also made sure that the bandwidth was not really accounted for.' 'Basically we stole bandwidth and electricity from Carl's company. When he found out, because Fredrik had also unknowingly to any of us, also 'borrowed' another server from Carl's company, he laughed about it and said it was ok since he liked that The Pirate Bay made people upset and 'stirred the pot a bit',' Sunde said, adding that he regretted that Pirate Bay came to be associated with Lundstroem. Sweden has repeatedly tried to put an end to The Pirate Bay's activities. Swedish courts have already handed down prison sentences and heavy fines to Lundstroem and other people associated with the site.
New York Times
14-03-2025
- New York Times
Carl Lundstrom, Who Backed the File-Sharing Site Pirate Bay, Dies in Plane Crash
Carl Lundstrom, the heir to a Swedish crisp bread fortune who financed the Pirate Bay, a notorious file-sharing service that was popular in the mid-2000s, was killed on Monday in a small plane crash in Slovenia, according to Alternative for Sweden, the far-right party that he supported. Mr. Lundstrom, 64, was the pilot and sole occupant of the plane, a Mooney M20, which had taken off from Zagreb, the Croatian capital, and was en route to Zurich, the party said in a statement. Air traffic controllers reported that they had lost contact with the plane in the mountainous Velika Planina area of northern Slovenia, according to the Slovenian police. Extremely bad weather made it impossible for rescuers to use helicopters, forcing them to take a gondola and then hike on foot to reach the remote crash site, the police said. They discovered pieces of the plane lodged in a wooden hut, which was practically cut in half, the police said. A body was later found amid the rubble, said the police, who added that the cause of the crash had not been determined. Mr. Lundstrom was a grandson of the founder of the Swedish crisp bread brand Wasabröd, and an heir to the company fortune, according to Swedish media reports. He was a financier of the Pirate Bay, which was founded in Sweden in 2003 and became one of the largest so-called Bit Torrent trackers, which allow users to download large digital files by enlisting the help of other computers. The Pirate Bay, which provided links to thousands of songs, movies and video games, was once estimated to have more than 20 million users. Industry groups like the Motion Picture Association accused the site of making a mockery of copyright laws, and Swedish prosecutors took action. In 2008, they charged Mr. Lundstrom and the site's three founders with having facilitated copyright infringement by helping users download music, movies and other copyrighted material. The Pirate Bay trial unfolded amid a carnival-like atmosphere in Stockholm, with bands playing outside the courtroom and bloggers documenting every step of the proceedings. Mr. Lundstrom and his co-defendants, Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde, maintained that they were not violating copyright law because they did not actually host any of the copyrighted material on their own servers. During the trial, a prosecutor tried to tie Mr. Lundstrom to the Pirate Bay as a 'co-owner,' but he testified that he had only sold hosting and internet services to the site's operators, Wired magazine reported in 2009. Mr. Lundstrom acknowledged giving the Pirate Bay's operators moral support and sympathy, Wired reported, but said he had not become their business partner, finding the prospect legally risky. A Swedish court convicted Mr. Lundstrom and his co-defendants in 2009 and sentenced them each to a year in prison. They were also ordered to pay 30 million kronor, or about $3.6 million at the time, in damages to leading entertainment companies, including Warner Brothers, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI and Columbia Pictures. An appeals court later upheld the convictions of Mr. Lundstrom, Mr. Neij and Mr. Sunde, but reduced their sentences to between four and 10 months and raised the amount they had to pay in damages to 46 million kronor, or about $6.5 million at the time. Mr. Warg did not participate in the appeal, citing an illness. The verdict was a major victory for the entertainment industry in its campaign to curb online piracy on sites like Napster, which became hugely popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. 'We are not triumphant,' John Kennedy, the chief executive of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, said after Mr. Lundstrom and his co-defendants were convicted. 'But we are satisfied that the court has clearly said that what they were doing was wrong.' In addition to his role in the Pirate Bay, Mr. Lundstrom was a longtime supporter of right-wing causes in Sweden. He helped back a movement against allowing refugees to settle in Sjöbo, a town on the southern tip of Sweden, in the late 1980s, Alternative for Sweden said in its statement. When Alternative for Sweden, an anti-immigrant party, was formed in 2018, Mr. Lundstrom became involved as a district manager and then as an unsuccessful candidate for office, the party said. It called him 'a legend and veteran of Swedish nationalism.' But Mr. Lundstrom was better known for his role in the Pirate Bay, said Mikael Sundstrom, a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Lund University in Sweden. 'Lundstrom's overt political life was spent in far-right circles, but with limited impact,' he said in an email.
Local Sweden
13-03-2025
- Local Sweden
Swedish Pirate Bay co-founder dies in plane crash
Slovenian police confirmed on Wednesday to AFP that they found a body -- "likely of the pilot, a Swedish citizen" -- but declined to identify him pending forensic research. The plane crashed into a wooden cabin in the Velika Planina area of northern Slovenia on Monday, but bad weather prevented rescuers from recovering the body until Tuesday. Swedish far-right party Alternative for Sweden said in a post that Lundström had died in the accident. "Lundström, a legend and veteran of Swedish nationalism, died in a plane crash on Monday," the post said. Lundström, 64, had taken off with his Mooney M20 aeroplane from Croatia's capital Zagreb heading for Zurich in Switzerland, it added. Lundström was the grandson of the founder of the world's largest crispbread producer Wasabröd. Founded in 2003, The Pirate Bay allows users to dodge copyright fees and share music, film and other files through peer-to-peer links offered on the site. Sweden has repeatedly tried to put an end to The Pirate Bay's activities. Swedish courts have already handed down prison sentences and heavy fines to Lundström and other founders.
