Accident McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II 68-0438,
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Date:Thursday 27 June 2002
Time:c. 09:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic F4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II
Owner/operator:Elleniki Polemikí Aeroporía
Registration: 68-0438
MSN: 3569
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mount Dírfys -   Greece
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Larissa AB (ca 08:00)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Flew into mountain during low level navigation flight in thick clouds. Pilot Cap Kiriakos Karakitsios and 1°Lt Dimitrios Kostopoulos.

Sources:

Scramble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaTGwFoYLTY
http://web.archive.org/web/20170729001329/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Country-By-Country/Greece.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Feb-2011 08:15 nikitas Added
17-Nov-2011 19:32 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Jan-2012 11:42 Nepa Updated [Operator]
30-Apr-2013 20:52 Nepa Updated [Operator]
13-Sep-2014 15:28 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
20-Jun-2019 15:47 JF Updated [Operator, Source]
09-Dec-2019 15:56 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
11-Jan-2020 21:02 TB Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative]

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