Greek fighter jet crashes in sea after patrol, pilot missing

  12 April 2018    Read: 1168
Greek fighter jet crashes in sea after patrol, pilot missing

Defense ministry officials in Greece say an air force fighter jet has crashed into the eastern Aegean Sea after returning from a patrol, and it is unclear whether the pilot survived.

The officials told state-run television that the Mirage 2000-5 crashed Thursday north of the island of Skyros. They gave no information about the possible cause of the crash.

Patrolling has intensified in recent weeks amid a spike in tensions between Greece and Turkey and near-daily mock dogfights in disputed airspace.


Greek navy ships and army helicopters are searching for the missing pilot.


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