Greece wildfires: 2 dead after Canadair plane fighting blazes crashes
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State broadcaster ERT showed footage of the plane dropping water over a fire and then crashing into a hillside and bursting into flames.
The captain and co-pilot of a plane fighting wildfires in Greece were both killed when their aircraft crashed on the island of Evia while it was trying to put out a blaze, the air force said
State broadcaster ERT showed footage of the plane dropping water over a fire and then crashing into a hillside and bursting into flames.
The Greek air force said there were two airmen aboard the Canadian-made amphibious Canadair CL-215 plane when it crashed over the island of Evia, east of Athens.
Two helicopters had rushed to the scene to carry out a search and rescue operation, the air force said. It gave no details on the fate of the airmen.
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