The search for the pilot continues, after the helicopter crashed on Achladi beach, in northern Evia, but no trace of him has been found so far.
The operation continues with the first light of day at a depth of 60 meters in the sea, where it is estimated that the helicopter has gone down.
It is an Agusta A109, civilian type, which was performing a visual flight, Afidnai- Mantoudi - Industrial Area of Volos. According to the flight schedule, the helicopter left at 8:00 a.m. from Afidnes bound for Volos Airport. The bad weather led the pilot to land at Mantoudi until the weather improved, but it is not known if there was another person on board. So far, however, reports say the operator was alone in the helicopter.
Then he took off again for his destination. According to eyewitnesses, it may have made a low flight to avoid bad weather, while residents heard a very loud noise, saw the helicopter disappear from the sky and fall into the sea, at a point where the depth reaches up to 60 meters.
The moment of fall
Watercraft, a Super Puma helicopter and Coast Guard frogmen immediately rushed to the scene, however, until the last light of the day, the searches were fruitless.
According to the report of Stavros Ioannidis on SKAI TV, it is not an Armed Forces helicopter, but this does not exclude the possibility that it is a hired helicopter and is flying for one of the agencies involved in the management of weather phenomena in the region.
Source: skai.gr