Two people were killed – the pilot, a Romanian citizen, and a Greek citizen. One of the Moldovan citizens was rescued at sea shortly after the accident.
Not far from the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean Sea, a helicopter crashed, taking part in extinguishing a forest fire. This was reported by Protothema.
It was noticed that the Mi-8 helicopter flew from the island of Samos on July 13 at 16:39. The accident occurred at 17:55, when the helicopter was riding in sea water.
According to preliminary information, strong winds caused the crash.
There were four people on board: two Moldovan citizens, a Romanian citizen and a Greek citizen.
It was later learned that two people had been killed – the pilot, a Romanian citizen, and a Greek citizen.
One of the Moldovan citizens was rescued at sea shortly after the accident, he remained in the water for 35 minutes. The second was found a few hours later, the current of the sea carried him to the shore of one of the small islands.
It was also reported that 27 firefighters, four water drop planes and three helicopters were sent to fight the fire in Samos.
Two people were saved. Photo: protothema.gr
Recall that in southern Croatia, near the city of Sibenik on the Adriatic coast, they had been trying to put out a large forest fire for almost a day.
Earlier it was reported that a military tiltrotor crashed in the United States, killing five.
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Source: korrespondent
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