التاريخ: 14 يوليو 2022
المكان: اليونان
الضحايا: شخصين
تسجيل الطائرة: ميل مي-8 ER-MHY (Mi- 8 MTV-1)
قال مسؤول في خفر السواحل اليوناني إن شخصين لقيا حتفهما يوم الأربعاء 13 يوليو 2022 بعد أن تحطمت طائرة مروحية، كانت تشارك في جهود إخماد حريق غابات في جزيرة ساموس اليونانية، في البحر.
وقال خفر السواحل إنه تم إنقاذ اثنين آخرين كانا على متن الطائرة. ولم يتضح على الفور سبب تحطم الطائرة. وقال مسؤول من فرق الإطفاء إن الحكومة استأجرت الطائرة لمكافحة حرائق الغابات.
Two killed in helicopter crash off Greek island
The four persons on board the ER-MHY (Mi- 8 MTV-1) type helicopter were three foreign nationals (from Romania and Moldova) and a Greek, according to an e-mailed press release from the Fire Brigade.
A Greek coast guard official announced that two people were killed yesterday in the crash of a helicopter that was participating in efforts to extinguish a forest fire on the Greek island of Samos.
Reuters quoted the Coast Guard as saying that the helicopter, which was carrying four people on board, crashed into the sea, killing two people, while two others were rescued. It was not clear why the plane crashed.
A firefighting official said the government had chartered the plane to fight forest fires.
The Greek authorities announced yesterday that three people were missing today in the helicopter crash.