‘ Fortunately my child is alive,” says the father of the F-16 pilot who fell on Psathura Island.gr.

‘ Fortunately, my child is alive” says in newsit.gr the father of the pilot who managed to activate the system of ejecting the fighter aircraft of the Air Force that crashed into a sea area near . Mr. Dimitris Apostolakis spoke to the newssit.gr said his son was transferred to 251 military hospital in Athens and is currently on his way from Larissa to meet him in person. “He’s alive. He’s fine and I’m going down to Larissa to go to Athens to see my child. They had a scheduled training flight but from there on I don’t know the rest of the operations,” he says in newsit.gr and continuing he adds “I don’t know what has happened, I only look at the result. He graduated 7 years ago from Icaron School”. Trees: Our most sincere wishes for a rapid return to his duties The Minister of Defence, Nikos Dendias, with his posting on twitter wished the pilot a rapid return to his duties. “We express our most sincere wishes for a swift return to his duties, to the fighter aircraft operator. F – 16 of the Air Force, which today fell into an Aegean sea area. Congratulations to those involved in the successful and fastest rescue operation.” We express our most sincere wishes for a swift return to his duties, to the fighter aircraft operator. F – 16 of the Air Force, which today fell into an Aegean sea area. Congratulations to those involved in the successful and fastest operation… — Nikos Dendias (@NikosDendias) The announcement made at 14.00 noon by the Air Force General Staff On Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 13:29 a single-seat F-16 Block 52+ of 337 Squadron, the 110 Battle Wing (PM) that performed an educational flight, fell into the sea area of Psathouras. A search and rescue operation is under way for the operator. In the area it rushes 1 Super Puma helicopter from 130 Combat Squadron, 1 Navy S-70 helicopter, 1 CL-415 from 113AM and heads to the area Fregate “Egyeon”, while being at maximum readiness 1 C-130. According to the GEA the pilot was collected at 15:02 “save of a Super Puma helicopter of 130 Combat Squadron, Air Force” and transferred to 251 General Aviation Hospital.