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Two dead as private plane falls near Greek island
AFP
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State TV ERT said a man and a woman were on board the Cessna aircraft. Credit: Unsplash Photo
State TV ERT said a man and a woman were on board the Cessna aircraft. Credit: Unsplash Photo

Two people died Monday when the private plane they were travelling in fell in the sea near the island of Samos, a Greek navy source told AFP.

State TV ERT said a man and a woman were on board the Cessna aircraft.

Local media said the single-engine plane had been flying from Israel to Samos, and that there was an explosion shortly before landing at the island's airport.

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The bodies were taken to the Samos port town of Pythagoreio, the reports added.

The Israeli rescue organisation Zaka said in a statement: "A light aircraft was reported to have taken off from Israel to Samos in Greece and crashed."

The two passengers were "apparently Israelis", it added.

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(Published 14 September 2021, 04:18 IST)