A water bomber crashed on Tuesday while fighting a forest fire on the island of Euboea in Greece.
There were “at least two people” on board the Canadair-class boat.
The footage was filmed by the Greek media on site.
A water bomber crashed on Tuesday while fighting a forest fire on the island of Euboea in Greece.
There were “at least two people” on board the Canadair-class boat.
The footage was filmed by the Greek media on site.
When drama is added to tragedy. Immediately after 6,000 liters of water were dropped on the flames raging on the island of Euboea, on Tuesday, July 25, the Greek Canadair plane crashed near Karystos in the south of the island. According to a fire department spokesman, “at least two people” were on board the water bomber.
Πτώση καναντέρ κατά τις προσπάθειες κατάσβεσης στην περιοχή του Π λατανιστού στην Κά ρυστο. #ERTNews #ΕΡΤ #πυρκαγιά pic.twitter.com/J0ohmzQmMH — ΕΡΤ (@ertofficial_) July 25, 2023
As shown in a video by public broadcaster Ert, the bomber dropped water on a burning area, then its right wing noticeably hit vegetation and crashed into a mountainside near the village of Platanisto. According to Yiannis Artopios, a spokesman for the fire department, this “greek plane”. The fate of the two passengers is still unknown. According to press reports on the spot, a helicopter is flying over the area.
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