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Marie Ebert, Alexander Cromie and their pilot died when their aircraft crashed on island of Sifnos Greek police believe a mechanical fault may have caused a helicopter to crash moments before it was due to land on the island of Sifnos, killing a British couple on honeymoon and the pilot. Authorities were focusing on Tuesday on the “strange noise” the aircraft, a privately chartered Bell 206, is reported to have made before falling to the ground and exploding on impact. Continue reading...

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The couple killed in a helicopter crash on the Greek island of Sifnos were British nationals and the pilot was Greek, police said on Tuesday. The helicopter crashed on an arid hillside shortly after takeoff on Monday evening and the cause of the crash is not yet known.

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Greek accident investigators have launched a probe into the Sifnos helicopter disaster that claimed the lives of newlyweds Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert alongside their pilot, as Blackstone mourned the loss of its vice president The post British couple killed in Sifnos helicopter crash named as Blackstone banker and his wife appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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British couple on honeymoon killed in helicopter crash on Greek island

A young British couple and their pilot were killed in a helicopter crash on the Greek island of Sifnos on Monday, Greek police have said.

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