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| Date: | Thursday 27 June 2002 |
| Time: | c. 09:00 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | Elleniki Polemikí Aeroporía |
| Registration: | 68-0438 |
| MSN: | 3569 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mount Dírfys -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Larissa AB (ca 08:00) |
Flew into mountain during low level navigation flight in thick clouds. Pilot Cap Kiriakos Karakitsios and 1°Lt Dimitrios Kostopoulos.
Sources:
Scramble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaTGwFoYLTY
http://web.archive.org/web/20170729001329/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Country-By-Country/Greece.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2011 08:15 | nikitas | Added |
| 17-Nov-2011 19:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jan-2012 11:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 30-Apr-2013 20:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 13-Sep-2014 15:28 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jun-2019 15:47 | JF | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 09-Dec-2019 15:56 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 11-Jan-2020 21:02 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
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