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Crash of a two-seater training aircraft near Kalamata – The pilot is dead (video) (Upd.)

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Newsroom December 27 11:56

UPDATE: The pilot was found dead. The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) announced that the pilot was Air Force Major Epaminondas Kosteas.

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The authorities have been alerted by the crash of a training aircraft in Kalamata.

According to the first information, it is a Hellenic Air Force (HAF) T2E Buckeye trainer of the 120th Training Wing.

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