A Canadian sailor’s body has been found amid debris from a navy helicopter that crashed during a NATO operation in the sea between Greece and Italy, officials said Thursday.
It was returning to the Canadian warship HMCS Fredericton after a training mission when contact was lost on Wednesday evening.
Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said the cause of the crash was “unknown,” but that an automatic beacon was located in the waters moments after contact was lost, and the helicopter’s cockpit voice and flight data recorders had since been recovered. Canada’s top general said a “very sizeable debris field” had been found and that a search and rescue operation continues in the 3,000-feet deep sea.
NATO ships and aircraft were taking part in the search, supported by Greece, Italy, Turkey and the United States, Juanita Chang, spokeswoman for Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe , said. Chang said the Fredericton was part of NATO’s Standing Maritime Group Two and had recently sailed from the base of Souda on Crete on a mission of “maritime situational awareness in the Mediterranean”.
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