A Helicopter Fighting Fire on Greek Island of Samos Crashes in the Sea

Reuters
By Reuters
July 13, 2022Europe
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A Helicopter Fighting Fire on Greek Island of Samos Crashes in the Sea
Samos Island, Greek, in April 2022. (Google Maps/Screenshot via NTD)

ATHENS—Three people were missing on Wednesday, after a helicopter fighting a forest fire on the Greek island Samos crashed in the sea, fire brigade officials said.

“Α rescue operation is under way,” a fire brigade official told Reuters adding that four people were on board.

A coast guard official said one person has been rescued.

The helicopter had been leased by the government to fight forest fires, a Defence Ministry official told Reuters without providing any further details.

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