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Watch: Apache Crashes Into Sea
Two crew members have been rescued after their helicopter crashed into the sea near the coast in northern Greece.
The Apache AH-64. belonging to the Hellenic army, landed after suffering an engine failure during a training exercise on Tuesday close to the shoreline east of the northern city of Thessaloniki.
According to initial reports, crew members were not injured but were transported a military hospital in Thessaloniki as a precaution.
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American-made four-blade, twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew.
It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems, and It is armed with a 30 mm M230 chain gun.
Boeng Apache AH-64 Stats:
General Charicteristics
Capacity: 2
Length: (m) 17.8
Height: (m) 4.95
Blades:4
Weight: (kgs) Max: 7746
Speed: (km/h) Max: 293
Range: (km) 462
Rate/Climb: (m/min) 762
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