US EditionTwo Injured in Training Aircraft Crash North of Athens
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Two Injured in Training Aircraft Crash North of Athens
A section of the wing reportedly detached during the aircraft’s takeoff sequence, causing it to fall to the ground. Credit: AMNA A two-seater training aircraft crashed at Tatoi Air Base (Dekeleia Air Base), north of Athens, this morning (October 8). The cause of the serious incident remains unknown. The two instructors on board were injured and have been transported to the 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital. Reports indicate that one of the…
How the accident happened - Two instructors were injured, who are conscious and are currently undergoing tests.
The Air Force investigates the causes of the serious accident in Tatoi, where an Air Force training aircraft lost altitude and crashed into a field.
An accident occurred shortly after 11:30 on Wednesday morning (8/10) at the Dhekelia Air Base in Tatoi, when the nose wheel of a two-seater GF Tecnam training aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force broke during takeoff, causing the aircraft to veer off the runway. (KOSTAS TZOUMAS/EUROKINISSI) The crew members, two instructors from the Icarus School, were transported -conscious- by ambulance to the 251st General Aviation Hospital, where they are unde…
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