June 18, 2025

Athens News

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Emergency landing at Athens airport Eleftherios Venizelos

On the runway of the airport Eleftherios Venizelos in Athens yesterday at 18:10 a plane landed, behind which a plume of smoke stretched.

According to TANEAAirbus landed normally, without the intervention of the fire department, but its forces were on alert.

The Air France flight was heading to Heraklion in Crete from Charles de Gaulle airport. The pilots requested an emergency landing due to smoke in the cockpit.

A similar incident happened to El. Venizelos on July 19 with a private helicopter that caught fire. The fire was quickly extinguished, and the pilot was taken to the hospital with minor burns to his hands. The helicopter caught fire due to a technical malfunction. As soon as he rose two or three meters above the ground, she made itself felt.



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