Mishap during exercise

Pilot dropped a load of water over a Greek hotel

In a Greek vacation region, a pilot accidentally dropped a water load weighing several tons over a hotel. It was a fire-fighting aircraft exercise during which the water should have landed further into the sea.

"People panicked, there was some damage, but fortunately no one was injured," said the hotelier. The Skai radio station showed a video of the incident in the Greek vacation region of Halkidiki on Wednesday. Previously, fire-fighting planes had repeatedly taken up water in pairs for training purposes and then released it over the sea.

You can see the video from the Skai channel here.

No such incident so far
The accident happened to one of the last two planes. According to Greek media, there has never been an incident like this before.

As of Wednesday afternoon (16:21), the channel's video has been viewed more than 6000 times on YouTube. Skai is one of the largest private media groups in Greece and, according to its own description, aims to "present all aspects of the events from their particular perspective, with sharp commentary and humor".