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Military jet crashes during air show in Greece; cause unknown

From El Universal · () Spanish

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  • A Greek F-4 Phantom crashed after takeoff during the Athens Flying Week air show at a base near Athens.
  • The condition of the two pilots was not immediately known, and authorities had not identified the cause of the crash.
  • A firefighting helicopter responded, while Defense Minister Nikos Dendias canceled a trip to visit the crash site.

A Greek military F-4 Phantom crashed shortly after taking off during an air show at a base near Athens, sending an explosion and a column of smoke into view of thousands of spectators.

The aircraft suddenly lost altitude before hitting the ground, according to a journalist from public broadcaster ERT who was at the event. The condition of the two pilots remained unknown, and the circumstances of the crash had not been established.

A firefighting helicopter was sent to the site to extinguish the fire, ERT footage showed. Defense Minister Nikos Dendias canceled a planned trip to Thessaloniki for a trade fair and traveled to the crash site instead.

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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. 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.

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