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Greek F-4 Phantom crashes near Athens air show

From DR Nyheder · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A Greek F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed shortly after takeoff at an air show near Athens and caught fire on impact, Greek public broadcaster ERT reported.
  • Two people were aboard, but authorities had not established whether anyone died.

A Greek F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off at an air show near Athens, according to Greece’s public broadcaster ERT.

Images from the scene showed thick black smoke rising over thousands of spectators gathered for the event. The aircraft had two people aboard.

It remained unclear whether anyone had died in the crash.

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Originally published by DR Nyheder in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.