The bodies of two missing crew-members of a downed Mi-8 helicopter were recovered by rescue units off the eastern Aegean island of Samos late Wednesday afternoon, hours after the aircraft crashed into a nearby sea region.
Two crew-members, including the Romanian pilot, survived the crash.
The leased helicopter had taken off earlier to help in fire-fighting efforts against a major wildfire that erupted on the island.








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