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Greece: military helicopter crash. Risk of uranium contamination

Athens, Greece - 200 kilos of bullets on board

Wednesday night an Apache helicopter belonging to Greek Army crashed and blew up near Kymi, isle of Evia, south-east of Greece. The news has been issued today by "Ethnos" newspaper, which has explained that the helicopter carried on board 200 kilos of depleted uranium bullets. In the area of the crash, as written, a team of soldiers specialized in nuclear and chemical weapons had to arrive in...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1096323
Rome, Italy, 11/07/2008 16:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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