A 23-year-old contract soldier was in critical condition at the Paphos general hospital on Monday after he was injured during helicopter training.
The special forces contract soldier jumped from the helicopter as part of a scheduled exercise and fell into the sea in Lara area in Akamas, defence ministry spokesman Christos Pieri told the Cyprus News Agency.
He was rescued by a boat according to the scenario of the exercise, Pieri added, but was found to be unconscious.
The young man was taken to the accidents and emergency department at paphos general where he was hospitalised in critical condition.
The accident comes about a month after a female contract solder died following a road accident during national guard duty in Nicosia.
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