firefighting helicopter with Four crew members crashed into the sea off Greece on Wednesday, killing At least two people, according to Greek national ERT announcer.
romanian pilot of The helicopter was found safe and sound By the Greek Coast Guard off Samos was taken to the island’s “Coast Guard” hospital official Agence France-Presse (AFP).
but she added That “two crew members – a Romanian and a Moldovan – were too found unaware in Water and efforts to revive them continue.”
The fourth crew member, a Greek, is missing and a Coast Guard rescue operation is underway to find him.
ERT later reported that two of Crew members died.
a fire the band official He said the helicopter “was involved in jungle fight fire on Samos is a mountainous island in Aegean Sea.
The Coast Guard dispatched three patrol boats and said two more boats were involved in rescue operation.
The fire It began around 2 p.m. (11:00 GMT), prompting authorities to dispatch three helicopters and five aircraft as well as about 50 firefighters.
But strong winds hampered their efforts as temperatures hovered close to 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit).
Greece regularly witnesses wildfires that last year Three killed people 130,000 hectares (1,300 km²) were destroyed. of Jungle.
Athena government this is year Request support From EU partners to deal with Expected threat and deployment of 250 firefighters in The state of Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Norway and Romania.
slash of Europe currently Suffering from heat plank, with break out forest fires out in Portugal, Spain, France and Turkey.
Greek Thursday fire Service issued second highest warning level for several islands in Eastern Aegean, as well as Attica region About Athens and the Big Islands of Euboea and Crete.
