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| Date: | Wednesday 19 April 2017 |
| Time: | 07:50 LT |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1H Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | Ellinikós Stratós |
| Registration: | ES625 |
| MSN: | 12162 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sarantaporo, Elassona, Thessaly -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | LGSV |
| Kozani |
Crashed killing the two pilots and two high ranked military officers. A female sergeant major (3rd crew member) survived but suffered serious injuries. The aircraft left early Wednesday morning from Stefanovikio AB (1st TEAS) and after a stop at Larissa to pick up the two high ranking officers, as passengers, it continued its course for Kozani. At that stage it was engaged with power lines near Sarantaporo town and crashed. The helicopter had been on a routine border patrol flight.
Sources:
http://www.defence-point.gr/news/%cf%83%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%89%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8c-%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8c%cf%80%cf%84%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%bf-uh-1h-huey-%ce%b1%ce%b3%ce%bd%ce%bf%ce%b5%ce%af%cf%84%ce%b1%ce%b9
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greece-dead-hurt-army-helicopter-crash-46881330
https://www.onlarissa.gr/2017/04/19/protes-ikones-apo-ton-topo-tis-tragodias-sto-sarantaporo/
http://web.archive.org/web/20171028061850/http://in-cyprus.com:80/four-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-greece/
http://en.c4defence.com/AFP/Greece-army-accidentlead/27846/3
https://www.newsit.gr/files/Image/2017/04/19/KOZANI/elikoptero_syntrimmia1.jpg
https://kozanimedia.gr/2017/04/19/kozanimedia-gr-%cf%83%ce%b5-%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%bb%cf%8e%ce%b4%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%b7%cf%82-%ce%b4%ce%b5%ce%b7-%ce%bc%cf%80%ce%bb%ce%ad%cf%87%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%ba%ce%b5-%cf%84%ce%bf-%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%b9/
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2017 09:03 | nikitas | Added |
| 19-Apr-2017 09:04 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Apr-2017 09:56 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 19-Apr-2017 10:23 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Apr-2017 10:50 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Apr-2017 11:11 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 19-Apr-2017 12:44 | Epistratos | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 19-Apr-2017 12:45 | Panagiotis A. Pietri | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Apr-2017 12:46 | harro | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 19-Apr-2017 12:46 | harro | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 19-Apr-2017 21:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 19-Apr-2017 23:10 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 20-Apr-2017 14:17 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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