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2 dead in small plane crash off Greece's island

Published : 14 Sep 2021, 00:18

  DF News Desk
A rescuer stands beside the wreckage of the crashed plane near the village of Skaloma in Fokida, Greece, on April 21, 2018. File Photo: Xinhua.

A single-engine aircraft crashed in the sea off Greece's Samos island in the Aegean Sea on Monday, reported Xinhua, quoting national news agency AMNA.

The bodies of the two people onboard the Cessna 172 aircraft were retrieved by the local Coast Guard. The plane was flying from Israel to Samos.

An investigation into the causes of the accident was underway.