Air force chief sacked over helicopter crash
The Greek government forced its air force's chief to resign today, blaming him for authorities’ slow response to a military helicopter crash that killed 17 people, including a top Greek Orthodox cleric.
Patriarch Petros VII of Alexandria, spiritual leader of the estimated 300,000 Greek Orthodox in Africa, and his entourage were killed on Saturday morning when the Chinook helicopter transporting them to the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece crashed into the sea.
