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Video shows the moment helicopter crashes into the sea in Greece (video)

Three people were killed in the crash

Newsroom August 20 07:26

A video aired on Ant-TV shows the moment a helicopter crashes in the sea in Poros, in the eastern Peloponnes on Tuesday afternoon.
The footage shows the helicopter hitting the power cables, exploding and falling into the water a second later.
The crash killed the Greek helicopter pilot and two Russian passengers. The three bodies were all recovered a little before 6 pm.

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