Two crew killed as British pilot survives after firefighting helicopters collide in Greece - BBC

Two crew members were killed when two Bell firefighting helicopters collided mid-air on Sunday in Greece, about 65 km (42 miles) west of Athens, while battling a large wildfire on the Attica-Boeotia border.
The victims were a Danish pilot and a Greek fire service liaison officer, whose crew was recovered unconscious and later pronounced dead; a British pilot and a Greek coordinator on the second helicopter survived with minor injuries.
Video of the incident shows one helicopter striking the rotors of the other, which burst into flames and crashed into a ravine, while the second aircraft made an emergency landing in an area of low vegetation.
The two helicopters were leased from Australian company McDermott Aviation, whose founder John McDermott expressed condolences and said the firm was cooperating with authorities investigating the crash.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis voiced his "deepest sorrow" on X, and all Bell helicopters across the country have been grounded under protocol, according to a civil protection ministry source.
The British survivor was a private pilot hired for the wildfire season and not part of any UK-Greece exchange; the two survivors, both conscious, reported the collision and guided rescuers to the site before being admitted to hospital for 24-hour observation.