The Greek Air Force released footage of its Super Puma helicopter participating in the rescue operation of shipwrecked migrants off the coast of Pylos.
At least 79 migrants have drowned and hundreds more remain missing and feared dead after their battered and overloaded boat capsized off the coast of Greece. Just over 100 migrants have been rescued and a massive operation to find more continues. The events have raise the question, though, of whether the tragedy, the worst in recent years, could have been averted.
Six coast guard vessels, a military helicopter and a navy frigate continue to comb the site of the tragedy, some 50 miles south of Pylos, in southeast Greece. Hopes though are fading.
So far, 104 migrants have been rescued, all of them men, the majority from Egypt, Syria, Pakistan and the Palestinian territories. #Greece #Rescue #Migrant #videography #voanews
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