Firefighting Plane Crash Greece.

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Nigel H-J
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Firefighting Plane Crash Greece.

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Discretion advised, video shows the moment a firefighting plane crashed after releasing (water)?

You can actually see that the right wing hits a group of trees and a float is seen to be torn from the wing.

Crew did not survive, RIP! :((

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-9uNz4X5SE

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Sad loss for their family and colleagues. This seems to be a nearly annual occurrence in Greece. Extremely tough flying conditions, but from a safety point of view, one has to wonder if it's worth the risk because these are nominally competent pilots and yet they keep crashing.

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Awful to see, sadly, it happens nearly every year.
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Very sad news. RIP :(
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