Athens: Around three persons lost their lives when a private helicopter crashed in the sea area off Poros island on Tuesday. According to the island's mayor Yannis Dimitriadis the bodies of two Russian nationals who were on board have already been recovered from the cabin, while divers were due to retrieve the body of the Greek pilot.

At first, it was not clear how many people were on board the helicopter whose destination was Athens, when it got tangled in electricity power lines shortly after takeoff.