Three missing in helicopter crash off Greek island-Xinhua

Three missing in helicopter crash off Greek island

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2022-07-14 00:54:41

ATHENS, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Three people were still missing on Wednesday after a helicopter crashed off the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean Sea during an operation to extinguish a wildfire, Greek authorities said.

One of the four-member crew has been rescued, and a search was underway to locate the others, according to an e-mailed press release from the fire brigade.

The four persons on board the Soviet-made Mil-Mi-8 helicopter were three foreign nationals -- two Moldovans and a Romanian -- and a Greek, according to the press statement.

Winds up to 6 on the Beaufort scale were blowing in the area, according to Greek national broadcaster ERT.