Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 JUL 2006 |
| Time: | ca 09:30 |
| Type: | Canadair CL-215-1A10 |
| Operator: | Elleniki Polemikí Aeroporía |
| Registration: | 1112 |
| C/n / msn: | 1112 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Patroklos Island (Greece) |
| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The Canadair was participating in a fire extinguishing operation in the island of Tzia. Whilst scooping up sea water in the Argosaronic Gulf, the airplane crashed into a wave and sunk. Both pilots escaped and were rescued by a Super Puma helicopter.
Sources:
» Canadair Sinkage (ERT, 6-7-2006)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
