Helicopter crew killed in Greece fires
Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire in the Veniza area, west of Athens, in the Viotia region, on Aug. 2, 2026.(AFP)
The two-man crew of a firefighting helicopter was killed in a midair collision in Greece Aug. 2 as forces battled multiple wildfires that have devastated swathes of land.
Two hired Bell helicopters collided while battling a wildfire in the Psatha area west of Athens, the fire service said.
"The pilots...were taken unconscious to hospital, where their death was confirmed," the fire department's director of communications Vassilis Vathrakogiannis said in a televised address.
