Greek F-4 crash Ionian Sea 30th Jan 2023
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Greek F-4 crash Ionian Sea 30th Jan 2023
From various press outlets...
A Greek air force pilot was killed on Monday and another is missing after their F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed in the Ionian Sea (west), according to the general staff of the Greek Air Force. Greek Air Force.
“An F-4 Phantom two-seater plane crashed during an Air Force training flight 25 nautical miles south of Andravida military airport,” in western Greece, "causing the death of the co-pilot", said in a press release the staff of the air force.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he was "appalled" and expressed "his sincere condolences" to the family of 29-year-old Lt. Marios-Michail Touroutsikas.
Rescue helicopters and coastguard patrol boats were sent to search for the pilots, and the co-pilot's body was discovered six hours after the plane went down, according to a source at the general staff.
The search continued Monday afternoon to find the pilot.
American-made F-4 Phantoms are among the oldest aircraft in the Greek Air Force.
Greece acquired its first Phantoms in 1974 and last upgraded them some 20 years ago."
A Greek air force pilot was killed on Monday and another is missing after their F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed in the Ionian Sea (west), according to the general staff of the Greek Air Force. Greek Air Force.
“An F-4 Phantom two-seater plane crashed during an Air Force training flight 25 nautical miles south of Andravida military airport,” in western Greece, "causing the death of the co-pilot", said in a press release the staff of the air force.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he was "appalled" and expressed "his sincere condolences" to the family of 29-year-old Lt. Marios-Michail Touroutsikas.
Rescue helicopters and coastguard patrol boats were sent to search for the pilots, and the co-pilot's body was discovered six hours after the plane went down, according to a source at the general staff.
The search continued Monday afternoon to find the pilot.
American-made F-4 Phantoms are among the oldest aircraft in the Greek Air Force.
Greece acquired its first Phantoms in 1974 and last upgraded them some 20 years ago."
Another of the select fraternity (possibly two?) now flies with the angels.
RIP.
RIP.
India had a midair three days ago of a Mirage 2000 and a Su-30, of the three crew one killed, one with one severely injured.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/indian...t-see-wreckage
https://www.foxnews.com/world/indian...t-see-wreckage
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