A Greek air force pilot was killed on Monday and another is missing after his F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed in the western Ionian Sea, according to the Greek Air Force general staff.
“A two-seater F-4 Phantom plane crashed during an Air Force training flight 25 nautical miles south of the Andravida military airport,” in western Greece, “causing the death of the co-pilot,” it said in a statement. press the Air Force personnel.
Monday afternoon investigation
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he was “appalled” and expressed “his deepest condolences” to the family of 29-year-old Lt. Marios-Michail Touroutsikas.
Rescue helicopters and coast guard patrol boats were sent to search for the pilots, and the body of the co-pilot was discovered six hours after the plane crashed, according to a staff source. The search continued Monday afternoon to find the pilot.
The US-made F-4 Phantoms are among the oldest aircraft in the Greek Air Force. Greece acquired its first Phantoms in 1974 and last upgraded them around 20 years ago.
Source: BFM TV
