The F-16 pilot which fell at noon on Wednesday in its area Psathouras south of Halkidiki, he is a 29-year-old sergeant.
The pilot abandoned the fighter aircraft in time and for an hour and a half he fought in the sea. Super puma found him and initially transported him to Lemnos and later he was transferred to Athens, at the 251 General Aviation Hospital where he remains for precautionary reasons.
According to the main bulletin of the Star, which publishes the photos of the lieutenant, the 29-year-old is in good psychological condition.
In fact, he asked the doctors to be discharged today.
“I’m in a bad psychological state,” said the pilot’s father
“I don’t know much either. Now I am coming down from Larissa – Athens, to see my child. In a communication I had with him he told me that he is fine, but I had a bad signal. I’m on my way to Athens, I hope everything goes well. I can’t talk to you, I’m not in a good psychological state and I’m moving to Athens,” said the 29-year-old’s father, speaking to MEGA and LIVE News, on his way to Athens.
The pilot fought the waves for an hour and a half
The F-16 pilot was in the sea for an hour and a half. In particular, the Air Force Block 52+ single seater went down at 13:33 and the pilot was picked up unharmed by a Super Puma helicopter at 15:02 and is headed to the 251st Air Force General Hospital.
The announcement of the GEA:
As announced by the General Air Staff, the pilot of the F-16 Block 52+ aircraft of the 337th Squadron of the 110th Fighter Wing, which crashed in the Psathoura sea area, was picked up alive by a Super Puma helicopter of the 130th Fighter Wing of the Air Force on the 15th: 02 and is directed to the 251 General Aviation Hospital.
The Chronicles
The F-16 went down at 13:33 in the afternoon on the island of Psathura. Its pilot managed to activate his ejection seat in time and fall into the sea, and a search and rescue operation immediately began, since his colleagues, who were taking part in the same training formation as him, were practically eyewitnesses of the F-16’s downfall .
The F-16 had taken off from Larissa and was in formation with three other fighter jets.
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