2 dead in fire-fighting helicopter crash off Samos on Wed.

The bodies of two missing crew-members of a downed Mi-8 helicopter were recovered by rescue units off the eastern Aegean island of Samos late Wednesday afternoon, hours after the aircraft crashed into a nearby sea region.

Two crew-members, including the Romanian pilot, survived the crash.

The leased helicopter had taken off earlier to help in fire-fighting efforts against a major wildfire that erupted on the island.

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