2 Greek Vipers collide south of Crete today

Just read on the news that 2 Vipers collided south of Crete during a training flight.
1 is reported dead, 1 critically injured and 1 OK
Aircraft stationed @ Crete



Source: Aftenposten/AP/CNN
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks ... 784676.ece
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europ ... &wom=false
http://www.f-16.net/news_article4187.html

Heard this on the news earlier today, sad day...

There were 6 F-16's participating in a 2 vs 4 trainning DF

My condolences to the family and coworkers of the fallen pilot.

My Sincere condolences

Iosif Anastasakis, 35, was in critical condition but stable after undergoing a third operation in a row, doctors said.

Anastasios Balatsoukas, the 33-year-old pilot of the second plane, who was killed instantly in the collision, is to be buried today in his hometown of Arta, northwestern Greece. Anastasakis’s co-pilot, 25-year-old Pavlos Votzakis, was being treated for minor injuries in a military hospital in Athens yesterday.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_ar ... 010_119343

F16 FLIER CRITICAL

Pilot undergoes third operation after crash

Saturday August 28, 2010

Very sad! My condolences to the family and friends of Captain Anastasios Balatsoukas!

Captain Iosif Anastasakis (HAF), 35 died last night due to his heavy injuries
Farewell Sifi (Iosif), take care of Tasos (Anastasios)
RIP my friends

http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2010/0 ... equipment/

"Greek F-16 Collision: 2nd Pilot dies;Collision-Scenarios; Equipment"

2010/08/29

Captain Iosif -Sifis Anastasakis, 35, severely injured during the two Greek F-16 collision three days ago, passed away Sunday morning.

(Life s_cks and sh_t happens.)

Godspeed Captain Iosif Anastasakis. My condolences.

People commenting on a CNN newsweb page last week were making light of this incident. It is both sad and pathetic how the average people out there are oblivious to the inherent dangers of military aviation. They need to learn and respect how much effort is put into air defense by ALL involved with military aviation.

May the brave fallen rest well with their ancestors.

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Godspeed guys.

I dont think this got updated, but the second pilot died this past week. Here is a link to the article.

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-ne ... sscenarios

From the sound of it, he was really bad to begin with and I dont know how the hell he got out of the airplane in that shape.

God speed to the pilots who passed and hopefully the pilot who survived wasnt at fault. I cannot imagine the guilt if it came down to that.

This is a better link, more detailed:

http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2010/0 ... equipment/