Two helicopters have crashed into each other while putting out wildfires west of Athens in Greece
Two firefighting helicopters have collided in mid-air while attempting to tackle wildfires west of Athens, Greece.
A search and rescue operation is underway to locate the crews in the Psatha area, Greece’s fire department said.
Each helicopter had two people on board.
“During the aerial firefighting operation, two BELL helicopters, leased by the fire department, with a crew of two people each, crashed in the wider area of Psatha, Attica,” the department said in a statement.
“The helicopters had taken off from the Elefsina military airport. The search and rescue operation is under way,” they added.
Parts of Greece have been hit particularly hard by the spate of wildfires that have gripped Europe this summer, with three firefighters tragically losing their lives battling blazes in Crete and the mainland earlier this week.
Nearly 500 Greek firefighters have been deployed to the region, assisted by personnel from France and Romania.
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