ATHENS, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Two people lost their lives when a spray helicopter crashed in a wetland at the outskirts of the Schinias seaside resort, some 45 km northeast of Athens, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Friday.
The two persons were retrieved unconscious by the Fire Brigade's rescue squad.
The third passenger of the helicopter, a university student on an internship program who survived the crash, was rescued by local residents who rushed to the site and was taken to hospital.
His condition was not serious, Attica Vice Governor Petros Filippou told AMNA.
The two victims were the pilot and a wetland guard.
According to Filippou, when the aerial spraying against mosquitoes was completed, the pilot took on board the student and the guard to fly over the wetland. The helicopter hit a barbed wire fence and crashed.
The helicopter belonged to the fleet of a private company which was hired by the local authorities to spray the area for mosquitoes.
