#Recent plane crashes in greece windows#

In Algeria at least 34 people have died as wildfires raged through residential areas, forcing mass evacuations. The severe heatwave in Greece has also been reflected across much of southern Europe and Northern Africa.

Mitsotakis has warned that the country faced 'another three difficult days ahead' before high temperatures are forecast to ease from Thursday. The mercury hit 46.4C in Gythio, in the southern Peloponnese peninsula on Sunday, though failed to reach the hottest temperature nationally on record of 48C. Mitsotakis said Greece's state apparatus faced a 'major challenge' as the prolonged heatwave and successive wildfires had officials on a 24-hour alert footing for 'several weeks.'

The Greek transport ministry said over 2,100 people had flown home on emergency flights on Sunday and Monday.įires were also raging on Greece's second largest island of Evia, where Greek civil protection authorities issued an overnight evacuation order in one northern locality. More than 260 firefighters were still battling flames for an eighth consecutive day on Rhodes, supported by nine planes and two helicopters.Ī source at Rhodes airport operators Fraport on Tuesday said the situation had normalised, with traffic levels consistent with the height of the summer season on one of Greece's prime travel destinations. In the capital Athens the heat is expected to reach 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit), and hit up to 44C in central Greece, according to the national weather forecaster EMY.Īuthorities evacuated nearly 2,500 people from the Greek island of Corfu on Monday, after tens of thousands of people had already fled blazes on the island of Rhodes, with many frightened tourists scrambling to get home on evacuation flights. WWF Greece on Tuesday said 35,000 hectares (86,500 acres) of forest and other land had been scorched by fire in the country just in the past week. 'We have another difficult summer ahead of us,' Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the cabinet. Scientists from the World Weather Attribution group said Tuesday the heatwaves that have hit parts of Europe and North America this month would have been almost impossible without human-caused climate change.

The very hot weather comes after a weekend of intense heat as thousands of locals and tourists fled forest fires on the Greek islands of Rhodes and Corfu, with the prime minister warning the heat-battered nation is 'at war' with the flames. The accident occurred as Greece battled wildfires on three major fronts, including the tourist islands of Rhodes and Corfu, with many of the country's regions listed at extreme risk of dangerous forest fires exacerbated by strong winds.Ī CL-415 Amphibious-Firefighting Aircraft with the Hellenic Air Force has Crashed today while Fighting a Wildfire on the Greek Island of Evia, the Crash is reported to have resulting in the Immediate Death of the 2 Pilots. (1000 GMT).The plane was among at least three other aircraft and around a hundred firefighters in the fight against the flames on Evia. Authorities said they did not know if there were dangerous chemicals on the plane, including those contained in batteries.Ī special army unit that looks for nuclear, biological and chemical substances will comb the site, but is not expected to arrive before 1 p.m.

#Recent plane crashes in greece windows#

Nearby residents were told to keep their windows shut all night, not to leave their homes and to wear masks. Firefighters who rushed to the scene in the night were prevented from reaching the crash site by smoke and an intense smell which they feared might be toxic. The plane is a Soviet-era four-engine turboprop cargo carrier.ĭrone footage shows that small fragments are all that is left from the plane.

He was directed to Kavala airport but never made it there. Minutes before, the pilot of the plane had told air traffic controllers that there was a problem with one of his engines and that he had to make an emergency landing. The plane crashed shortly before 11 p.m., about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Kavala International Airport. This flight had all necessary permissions in accordance with international regulations,' Stefanovic said. 'These were illuminating mortar mines and training (mines). The plane was operated by Ukrainian cargo carrier Meridian, and the Ukrainian consul in Thessaloniki, who has arrived at the crash site, told local officials that the crew were all Ukrainian.