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Air Force Firefighting Pilot Among 2 Dead in Small Plane Crash in Greece
A Greek air force pilot who flew Canadair firefighting planes and a passenger were killed Sunday when their single-engine aircraft crashed in northern Greece, authorities said. The plane went down in a dry riverbed near the village of Kontariotissa, in the Pieria region near Mount Olympus, shortly after taking off from a local flying club. The pilot, 41, owned the aircraft. He held the rank of squadron leader and served with the air force's 113th Combat Wing in Thessaloniki, Katerini's deputy mayor said. The passenger was a 58-year-old blacksmith. Their names were not released. The plane