Athens News Agency: News in English, 00-07-15
CONTENTS
[01] Weather Forecast-Sunday
[02] Firefighting aircraft-Crash-Fatalities
[01] Weather Forecast-Sunday
15/07/2000 18:38:40
Slightly cloudy weather is forecast on Sunday in the west and north of
the country, with scattered showers in Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace.
[02] Firefighting aircraft-Crash-Fatalities
15/07/2000 16:20:59
Two Greek Air Force pilots were killed when their Canadair firefighting
aircraft crashed early on Saturday, while combatting a forest blaze
near the town of Argalasti on Mount Pelion in central Greece. The
pilots were identified as Ioannis Mylonas, 41, and Ioannis Karasavvas,
25.
The aircraft had just dropped its load of water on the fire at around 7
a.m. and was leaving the scene when poor visibility created by clouds
of smoke caused it to crash into a hillside. The aircraft had taken off
from Achialos airport.
Prime Minister Costas Simitis expressed his sorrow over the tragic
accident in a statement later and extended his condolences to the
pilots' families.
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