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Chopper Carrying Honeymooners Crashes, Burns
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Key Points:
- A helicopter carrying newlyweds Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert, along with their pilot Giorgos Raikos, crashed and burned near the Greek island of Sifnos, resulting in their deaths.
- The Bell 206 helicopter had departed from Markopoulo near Athens and crashed shortly after, with witnesses reporting unusual noises and footage showing the aircraft spinning out of control.
- The crash left almost nothing of the helicopter intact, and firefighters extinguished the post-crash fire while investigators suspect a mechanical fault as the cause.
- Pilot Giorgos Raikos was described as an extremely experienced former Greek Air Force officer, while the victims were professionals employed by Blackstone and Bain & Company, both expressing shock at the tragedy.
