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Old 13th September 2004 | 09:08
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Rwy in Sight
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Chinook crashes in Greece

It was a CH-47D operated by the Greek Army Air Force dedicated for a VIP transport. It went down some 15 nautical miles from the destination. No serious clues about what went wrong (weather seemed 7 beaufort wind or 35 knots and ok visibility).

It seems that there was a serious confusion between civil and military ATC and a 2 hours delay to launch a SAR. In the mean time the head of the Greek Air Force has resign in order not to be a scape (sp) goat.

Investigation might be difficult since the sea at the accident site is something like 980+ deep.


Rwy in Sight


PS: Is there any urgent AD pending for CH-47D?
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