A day of mourning for the Armed Forces, as four of the five occupants of a Hui military helicopter that crashed this morning in the Sarandaporo area between Elassona and Kozani were found dead.
Three days of mourning were declared in the Armed Forces.
On Wednesday morning, an alarm was sounded in the Pentagon, when the stigma of the helicopter heading from Larissa to Kozani disappeared from the radars.
His stamp was lost at about 7:50 a.m. Wednesday.
The helicopter carried the deputy commander of the First Army and four other officers. It would fly along the northern borders to consolidate the sense of security of the residents of remote areas, an activity that is repeated regularly.
The helicopter crash was found to be seriously injured and was rushed to hospital. The other four are dead.
According to the official information of the General Staff, the four bodies identified belong to Lieutenant General and Deputy Commander of the 1st Army Ioannis Tzanidakis, to 50-year-old Colonel Thomas Adamou, to the 35-year-old Major General of the Army and Air Force and Commander of the Boat. co-governor Konstantinos Hatzis.
The woman who was pulled alive is the 26-year-old chief of staff AS Vasiliki Plexida.
Lieutenant General Alkviadis Stefanis, Chief of General Staff, went to the area, while from the first moment, the Deputy Minister of Rural Development, Vassilis Kokkalis, and the Mayor of Elassona, Nikos Evangelou, were there.
According to the information from the Ministry of National Defense, an investigation committee is rushing to the scene of the accident to verify the causes of the accident.
According to the Pentagon spokesman, the helicopter was maintained and all the procedures were followed.
As for the weather conditions prevailing in the area of the accident, there were increased low clouds and limited visibility in places. Weak winds with gusts were also blowing.
The outgoing sequences
Today, Thursday and Friday, the outgoing sequences for the Army officers who lost their lives will take place.
The funeral procession of Lt. General (TTH) Ioannis Tzanidakis will take place on Friday, at 6 pm, at the Ancient Eleftherna of Rethymnon.
The funeral procession of Colonel Thomas Adamou (TT) will take place on Friday at 10 am in the Old Church of Karditsa.
The funeral procession of Major (AS) Demosthenes Goulas will take place today at 12 in the morning in Larissa.
The outgoing sequence of Lieutenant (AS) Konstantinos Hatzis will take place today at 5:30 pm, also in Larissa.
Three days of mourning in the Armed Forces
By order of the Minister of National Defense, Panos Kamenos, a three-day mourning period was declared for the Armed Forces and the flags are flown at half-mast. The Minister of National Defense contacted the President of the Republic Prokopi Pavlopoulos, the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, the President of the official opposition Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense Costas Douzinas.
The Minister of National Defense, the Deputy Minister of National Defense Dimitris Vitsas and the Chief of General Staff of the Hellenic Armed Forces, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis PN, express their condolences to the families of the deceased soldiers.
The Chief of General Staff, Alkiviadis Stefanis, as well as relatives and friends of the victims, as well as executives of the Armed Forces, went to the General Hospital of Larissa, where the autopsy-necropsy of the four unfortunate soldiers is taking place.
Source: in.gr