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Phantom crash prompts three-day mourning period in Greek Armed Forces

From Kathimerini · () Greek

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  • Greece’s Defence Minister Nikos Dendias declared three days of mourning after two crew members died when an F-4E Phantom II crashed during Athens Flying Week.
  • Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis expressed condolences to the pilots’ families and the Armed Forces.

Greece’s Armed Forces will observe three days of mourning after two crew members died during the crash of an F-4E Phantom II fighter jet at Athens Flying Week.

Defence Minister Nikos Dendias ordered the mourning period from Saturday, September 5, through Monday, September 7. He had earlier cut short his programme at the Thessaloniki International Fair and returned urgently to Athens.

Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said the loss had deeply affected the Greek people and offered his condolences to the families of the two pilots and members of the Armed Forces.

“All Greeks are shocked by the loss of the two pilots of our Air Force during a demonstration in Tanagra. We say farewell to them with emotion,” Hatzidakis said.

All Greeks are shocked by the loss of the two pilots of our Air Force during a demonstration in Tanagra. We say farewell to them with emotion.

· Kostis HatzidakisThe deputy prime minister expressed national grief and condolences after the two pilots died.
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