A tragedy with one dead occurred in Crete after the crash of a single-engine aircraft in Heraklion.
Two people were on board the aircraft. According to the latest information, a 68-year-old man from Indonesia was pronounced dead, while the 26-year-old co-passenger, originally from South Africa, is known to be in good health.
The 68-year-old man was pulled out unconscious by members of the coast guard while despite the rescuers' superhuman efforts to bring him back to life, they failed and as a result his death was confirmed at the Venizelio Hospital.
The second passenger of the aircraft, a 26-year-old man, who is in good health but is receiving first aid from the nursing staff, is also in Venizelion.
What happened
This morning the 68-year-old man and the 26-year-old man boarded the single-engine aircraft and took off from the "Nikos Kazantzakis" airport in Heraklion for Egypt.
A few kilometres east of the airport, the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the sea, but the causes of the tragic accident have not yet been clarified.
Source: in.gr
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