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Greek Pilot Efstathios Tsitlakidis Killed in F-4 Crash Laid to Rest
The funeral of Captain Efstathios Tsitlakidis was held Friday in the village of Granitis, near the northern Greek town of Drama.
The F-4E Phantom II of Captain Efstathios Tsitlakidis, 31, crashed during a training exercise in the Ionian Sea on...
Greek News
Greece Confirms Death of Second Pilot of Fallen F-4 Jet
Military authorities in Greece confirmed on Wednesday that the pilot of the fallen jet is dead two days after the F-4 fighter crashed into the Ionian Sea during an exercise.
A statement from the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) said that...
Greek News
Search for Missing Air Force Pilot Continues in Greece
A search-and-rescue operation to locate the missing pilot of a fallen Greek airforce F-4 jet fighter continued on Tuesday, entering its second day.
The plane crashed into the sea off the coast of Katakolo, Ilia on Monday morning, during a...
Greek News
Plane Crash in Indonesia: Boeing 737 Crashes in Jakarta
A Boeing 737 plane crash in Indonesia has shaken the aviation world.
A Sriwijaya-Airlines airplane with 62 people on board crashed in the sea area off of Jakarta, Indonesia, Chinese Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
The plane lost contact soon...
Education
Greeks Urged to Keep Off Internet as School E-Learning System Crashes
Greek authorities advised the general public to reduce their use of the internet as it emerged on Monday that the state school e-learning system crashed after just one hour.
As junior and senior high school students started online lessons due...
Greece
Three Dead as Vehicle Crammed with Migrants Crashes in Northern Greece
Greek police said on Thursday that three people were killed and at least 12 were injured when a vehicle crammed with migrants crashed into an oncoming car and then tumbled off a cliff.
The collision took place late Wednesday near...
Greece
Greek Authorities To Determine Cause of Deadly Helicopter Crash in Poros
The Greek Air Accidents Investigation Committee began an investigation on Wednesday to determine the reasons behind the helicopter crash which took place on Tuesday off the coast of the picturesque island of Poros in the northeastern Peloponnese.
Despite it being far...
Greece
Greek Man Misses Ethiopian Airlines Flight that Crashed Near Addis Ababa
Antonios Mavropoulos claims he missed the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff in Addis Ababa on Sunday morning.
Speaking with Greece's ALPHA TV station on Sunday evening, the Greek national said that he missed the flight because he...
Greece
Small Plane Crashes in Western Greece
A search-and-rescue operation is underway off Mesolongi in western Greece for a small two-seater plane which is believed to have crashed into the sea after takeoff on Wednesday.
A Greek Coast Guard spokesman told iefimerida.gr that the incident was reported...
Greece
11 Migrants Dead as a Bus Crashes Into a Truck in Northern Greece
According to local news portal ''Xanthi Times'', eleven people, all of which were migrants, were burned alive on Saturday morning after the bus that was transferring them to Greece's city of Thessaloniki crashed into a truck, near the city of...