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Breaking News | Accident with C-130 aircraft at Kefalonia airport
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Published on 21/07/2024 at 16:25
The Kefalonia authorities were alerted when the wing of C-130 aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force that had arrived at the airport for airfreight, bumped into a pillar and dropped it.
As a result, there was a fuel leak from the airplane in the parking position. The ground service was immediately mobilized and cleared the scene.
There were no injuries from the incident, while as kefaloniapress.gr points out, the accident did not happen on the track.
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