{"id":20660699,"date":"2026-09-06T19:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T19:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:50:50","slug":"f-4-phantom-absturz-athener-flugwoche-tanagra-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"F-4 Phantom-Absturz bei der Athener Flugwoche: Zwei Piloten sterben"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n<p>The display had been running for barely two minutes. Thousands of people were standing along the fence line at Tanagra Air Base, north of Athens, cameras up, waiting for the noise that only a Phantom makes. Then the jet came out of a turn, low, and did not climb.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>At 14:55 on Saturday 5 September 2026, a Hellenic Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-4-phantom-ii\/\">F-4E AUP Phantom II<\/a> hit the ground roughly three nautical miles southeast of the airfield, broke apart and burned. Both crew members were killed. Neither ejection seat fired.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The aircraft was 01504, a 338 Squadron jet from 117 Combat Wing at Andravida &mdash; one of the last operational Phantoms left anywhere in the world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;margin:24px 0;font-size:15px;line-height:1.7\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:17px\">Quick Facts<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>What:<\/strong> Hellenic Air Force F-4E AUP Phantom II crashed during a flying display<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>When:<\/strong> 14:55 local, Saturday 5 September 2026<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Where:<\/strong> Tanagra Air Base (114 Combat Wing), about 60 km north of Athens<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> F-4E AUP, serial 01504, built as USAF 72-1504, c\/n 4455<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Unit:<\/strong> 338 Squadron &ldquo;Aris&rdquo;, 117 Combat Wing, Andravida Air Base<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Crew:<\/strong> Squadron Leader Ioannis Blesias, 40, and Flight Lieutenant Dimitrios Petrou, 37 &mdash; both killed<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Spectators:<\/strong> No fatalities; two people reported injured by debris and taken to Chalkida Hospital<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Status:<\/strong> Cause under investigation by a Hellenic Air Force board; three days of armed forces mourning declared<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Two minutes into the display<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Athens Flying Week bills itself as the largest airshow in southeastern Europe, and the 2026 edition was scheduled to run across both Saturday and Sunday at Tanagra. The German Air Force had sent a Eurofighter, a Tornado and an A400M. The Phantom had flown a rehearsal at the media day the previous afternoon, 4 September, without incident.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Video shot by spectators shows the jet running in fast and low, rolling into a turn back towards the runway, then descending in a way that never resolves into a climb. It struck the ground beyond the airfield boundary, near an industrial estate that was closed for the weekend, and exploded. A column of oily black smoke went up over the base within seconds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2096206229475368962&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:520px;border:none;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Some witnesses told Greek media that the aircraft appeared to be trailing smoke before it went down. That account has not been confirmed by the Hellenic Air Force, and at this stage nothing about the cause should be treated as settled.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Eighty-five firefighters, eleven water-dropping aircraft and helicopters were committed to the fires, which broke out at more than one point. Debris was later found scattered well away from the main impact site, including near factory buildings. Two people were reported injured by fragments and taken to hospital in Chalkida. The remainder of the show was cancelled and the crowd was sent home.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/haf-f-4e-phantom-01504-side-profile-338-mira.jpg\" alt=\"Hellenic Air Force F-4E AUP Phantom II 01504\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">F-4E AUP Phantom II 01504 at Andravida in November 2022 &mdash; the aircraft lost at Tanagra. Built as USAF 72-1504, it was delivered new to Greece and served with 338 Squadron. Photo: Alan Wilson \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The two men in the cockpit<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The Hellenic Air Force named the crew on Saturday evening. Squadron Leader Ioannis Blesias, 40, came from Pyrgos in the western Peloponnese and leaves a five-year-old son. Flight Lieutenant Dimitrios Petrou, 37, lived in Patras, with family roots in Epirus. His five-month-old daughter was due to be christened on 12 September.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Defence Minister Nikos Dendias declared three days of mourning across the Greek armed forces, running from Saturday to Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The news of the loss of the lives of two Hellenic Air Force pilots, in the accident at Athens Flying Week, causes the deepest sorrow to us all. Our thoughts at the Ministry of National Defence are with their families and colleagues, to whom we extend our most sincere condolences.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Nikos Dendias<\/strong> &mdash; Greek Minister of National Defence, statement of 5 September 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>In Pramanta, the mountain village in Epirus that Petrou&rsquo;s family comes from, the mayor of Voreia Tzoumerka, Nikos Vaitsis, described a habit that says more about the man than any service record.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;Whenever he was due to fly over Pramanta, he would call his elderly grandmother, Ms Stathoula, to tell her what time to come outside so she could see him and he could wave to her from the sky.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Nikos Vaitsis<\/strong> &mdash; Mayor of Voreia Tzoumerka, speaking to Greek media, 6 September 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why Greece still flies Phantoms<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The Phantom first flew in 1958, and Greece is one of only three countries still operating it, alongside Turkey and Iran. That is not sentimentality. It is the result of a rebuild.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Hellenic Air Force took its first F-4Es in 1974 under the Peace Icarus programme. In the late 1990s a substantial part of the fleet went through the Peace Icarus 2000 upgrade, emerging as the F-4E AUP with a new pulse-Doppler radar, a modernised cockpit and the ability to carry current air-to-air and precision air-to-ground weapons. Sources differ on the exact number rebuilt, generally quoting somewhere between 36 and 39 airframes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The result is a 1970s airframe running 1990s avionics, flown into the late 2020s by a single squadron. Before Saturday, The Aviationist counted 17 airframes on Greek strength as of December 2025. That figure is now 16.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/haf-f-4e-phantom-338-squadron-drag-chute-fairford.jpg\" alt=\"A 338 Squadron Hellenic Air Force F-4E AUP Phantom II deploying its drag chute\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A 338 Squadron F-4E AUP with the drag chute out, the unit marking visible on the fuel tank. Photo: Colin Cooke Photo \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Andravida has become a pilgrimage site for enthusiasts because of it. The base hosts PhanCon, the European Phantom Conference, which draws photographers from across the world to see and hear an aircraft that has essentially vanished everywhere else. That community felt Saturday personally.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2096324082987888711&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:520px;border:none;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">What happens now<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>A Hellenic Air Force board of inquiry has been appointed. Personnel at the site are recovering wreckage so the technical investigation has the physical evidence it needs, and the material is being moved to a secure location for analysis. Greek authorities have said there is no indication the ejection system was activated.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>An investigation like this takes months, not days, and any conclusion drawn before then is guesswork. The one thing that can be said with certainty is that display flying in a heavy, fast, fifty-year-old fighter leaves very little room, and that the people who do it know exactly how little.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sod-eV68P28\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;font-style:italic\">News coverage from Tanagra on 5 September, including spectator footage of the aftermath.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\u2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>What happened at the Athens Flying Week 2026 airshow?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">A Hellenic Air Force F-4E AUP Phantom II crashed at 14:55 local time on Saturday 5 September 2026, about two minutes into its display at Tanagra Air Base north of Athens. The aircraft came out of a turn, lost altitude and struck the ground roughly three nautical miles southeast of the airfield, breaking apart and catching fire. Both crew members were killed and the remainder of the two-day show was cancelled.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Who were the pilots killed in the Tanagra Phantom crash?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Hellenic Air Force named them as Squadron Leader Ioannis Blesias, 40, from Pyrgos in the western Peloponnese, and Flight Lieutenant Dimitrios Petrou, 37, who lived in Patras and had family roots in Epirus. Both flew with 338 Squadron of 117 Combat Wing. Blesias leaves a five-year-old son; Petrou leaves a five-month-old daughter whose christening had been planned for 12 September 2026.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Did the crew eject from the F-4 Phantom at Tanagra?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">No. Video of the crash shows no parachutes, and Greek authorities have stated there is no indication that the ejection system was activated. The F-4E carries ejection seats for both crew members, but the aircraft was low and descending out of a turn when it struck the ground.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Were any spectators hurt at the Athens Flying Week crash?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">No spectators were killed. The Phantom came down beyond the airfield boundary near an industrial estate that was closed for the weekend. Greek reports say two people were injured by scattered aircraft fragments and were taken to Chalkida Hospital for treatment. Debris was found at several points around the wider area.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why does Greece still fly the F-4 Phantom in 2026?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Greece is one of only three countries still operating the F-4 Phantom II, alongside Turkey and Iran. The Hellenic Air Force received its first F-4Es in 1974 under the Peace Icarus programme, then rebuilt a large part of the fleet in the late 1990s under Peace Icarus 2000. Those aircraft, designated F-4E AUP, gained a new pulse-Doppler radar, a modernised cockpit and current weapons, which kept them operationally useful far longer than the original 1950s design implied.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How many F-4 Phantoms does the Hellenic Air Force have left?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Aviationist put the Hellenic Air Force Phantom fleet at 17 airframes as of December 2025. Following the loss of 01504 at Tanagra on 5 September 2026, that number is 16. They are operated by 338 Squadron, known as Aris, at Andravida Air Base, home of 117 Combat Wing.<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What happened at the Athens Flying Week 2026 airshow?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"A Hellenic Air Force F-4E AUP Phantom II crashed at 14:55 local time on Saturday 5 September 2026, about two minutes into its display at Tanagra Air Base north of Athens. The aircraft came out of a turn, lost altitude and struck the ground roughly three nautical miles southeast of the airfield, breaking apart and catching fire. Both crew members were killed and the remainder of the two-day show was cancelled.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Who were the pilots killed in the Tanagra Phantom crash?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"The Hellenic Air Force named them as Squadron Leader Ioannis Blesias, 40, from Pyrgos in the western Peloponnese, and Flight Lieutenant Dimitrios Petrou, 37, who lived in Patras and had family roots in Epirus. Both flew with 338 Squadron of 117 Combat Wing. Blesias leaves a five-year-old son; Petrou leaves a five-month-old daughter whose christening had been planned for 12 September 2026.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Did the crew eject from the F-4 Phantom at Tanagra?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"No. Video of the crash shows no parachutes, and Greek authorities have stated there is no indication that the ejection system was activated. The F-4E carries ejection seats for both crew members, but the aircraft was low and descending out of a turn when it struck the ground.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Were any spectators hurt at the Athens Flying Week crash?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"No spectators were killed. The Phantom came down beyond the airfield boundary near an industrial estate that was closed for the weekend. Greek reports say two people were injured by scattered aircraft fragments and were taken to Chalkida Hospital for treatment. Debris was found at several points around the wider area.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Why does Greece still fly the F-4 Phantom in 2026?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Greece is one of only three countries still operating the F-4 Phantom II, alongside Turkey and Iran. The Hellenic Air Force received its first F-4Es in 1974 under the Peace Icarus programme, then rebuilt a large part of the fleet in the late 1990s under Peace Icarus 2000. Those aircraft, designated F-4E AUP, gained a new pulse-Doppler radar, a modernised cockpit and current weapons, which kept them operationally useful far longer than the original 1950s design implied.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"How many F-4 Phantoms does the Hellenic Air Force have left?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"The Aviationist put the Hellenic Air Force Phantom fleet at 17 airframes as of December 2025. Following the loss of 01504 at Tanagra on 5 September 2026, that number is 16. They are operated by 338 Squadron, known as Aris, at Andravida Air Base, home of 117 Combat Wing.\"}}]}<\/script><p><em>Sources: Hellenic Air Force General Staff and Greek Ministry of National Defence statements; ProtoThema; GreekReporter; The Aviationist; Reuters; aeroTELEGRAPH.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/civilian-f-4-phantom-returns-to-flight-robin-olds-markings\/\">The World&rsquo;s Only Civilian Phantom Flies Again<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/steve-ritchie-usaf-only-pilot-ace-vietnam-f-4-phantom\/\">Steve Ritchie: The Air Force&rsquo;s Only Pilot Ace of Vietnam<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Hellenic Air Force F-4E AUP Phantom II crashed two minutes into its display at Tanagra on 5 September 2026, killing both crew. What is known so far.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":20660118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[664,670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20660699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-aviation","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>F-4 Phantom Crash at Athens Flying Week Kills Two Pilots | MiGFlug<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Hellenic Air Force F-4 Phantom crash at Athens Flying Week 2026 killed both pilots at Tanagra. What is known about the accident so far.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/f-4-phantom-absturz-athener-flugwoche-tanagra-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"F-4 Phantom Crash at Athens Flying Week Kills Two Pilots | MiGFlug\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Hellenic Air Force F-4 Phantom crash at Athens Flying Week 2026 killed both pilots at Tanagra. What is known about the accident so far.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/f-4-phantom-absturz-athener-flugwoche-tanagra-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Afterburner - MiGFlug&#039;s Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiGFlug\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-06T17:50:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-06T17:50:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/haf-f-4e-aup-phantom-01504-andravida-shelter.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@migflug\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@migflug\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8de428a67c070c9b49afaa026328a4e3\"},\"headline\":\"F-4 Phantom Crash at Athens Flying Week Kills Two Pilots\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-06T17:50:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-06T17:50:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1472,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/haf-f-4e-aup-phantom-01504-andravida-shelter.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Military Aviation\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"F-4 Phantom Crash at Athens Flying Week Kills Two Pilots | MiGFlug\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/haf-f-4e-aup-phantom-01504-andravida-shelter.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-06T17:50:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-06T17:50:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"A Hellenic Air Force F-4 Phantom crash at Athens Flying Week 2026 killed both pilots at Tanagra. What is known about the accident so far.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/haf-f-4e-aup-phantom-01504-andravida-shelter.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/haf-f-4e-aup-phantom-01504-andravida-shelter.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":853,\"caption\":\"Hellenic Air Force F-4E AUP Phantom II 01504 of 338 Squadron in a hardened shelter at Andravida\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"F-4 Phantom Crash at Athens Flying Week Kills Two Pilots\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/\",\"name\":\"Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine\",\"description\":\"for those interested in flying military jets and aviation related  topics\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MiGFlug GmbH\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\\\/cb:0e0_.b970\\\/w:897\\\/h:278\\\/q:mauto\\\/ig:avif\\\/https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\\\/cb:0e0_.b970\\\/w:897\\\/h:278\\\/q:mauto\\\/ig:avif\\\/https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png\",\"width\":897,\"height\":278,\"caption\":\"MiGFlug GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/MiGFlug\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/migflug\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/migflug\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/MiGFlug\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/migflug.com\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.ch\\\/migflug\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/it\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8de428a67c070c9b49afaa026328a4e3\",\"name\":\"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/24d828074a1cc6684638b2dcfc98a9dd85a2e06b37adfd74d20fae209f234190?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/24d828074a1cc6684638b2dcfc98a9dd85a2e06b37adfd74d20fae209f234190?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/24d828074a1cc6684638b2dcfc98a9dd85a2e06b37adfd74d20fae209f234190?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy\"},\"description\":\"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy covers French and European aerospace, from Rafale and Airbus to NATO strategy and the continent\u2019s defence industry.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/afterburner\\\/de\\\/author\\\/fortuneleroy\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"F-4 Phantom-Absturz bei der Athener Flugwoche: Zwei Piloten sterben | MiGFlug","description":"Bei einem Absturz einer F-4 Phantom der griechischen Luftwaffe w\u00e4hrend der Athener Flugwoche 2026 kamen beide Piloten in Tanagra ums Leben. Was ist bisher \u00fcber den Unfall bekannt?.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/f-4-phantom-absturz-athener-flugwoche-tanagra-2026\/","og_locale":"de_DE","og_type":"article","og_title":"F-4 Phantom Crash at Athens Flying Week Kills Two Pilots | MiGFlug","og_description":"A Hellenic Air Force F-4 Phantom crash at Athens Flying Week 2026 killed both pilots at Tanagra. What is known about the accident so far.","og_url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/f-4-phantom-absturz-athener-flugwoche-tanagra-2026\/","og_site_name":"Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiGFlug\/","article_published_time":"2026-09-06T17:50:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-06T17:50:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":853,"url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/haf-f-4e-aup-phantom-01504-andravida-shelter.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@migflug","twitter_site":"@migflug","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/"},"author":{"name":"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/8de428a67c070c9b49afaa026328a4e3"},"headline":"F-4 Phantom Crash at Athens Flying Week Kills Two Pilots","datePublished":"2026-09-06T17:50:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-06T17:50:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/"},"wordCount":1472,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/haf-f-4e-aup-phantom-01504-andravida-shelter.jpg","articleSection":["Military Aviation","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/","name":"F-4 Phantom-Absturz bei der Athener Flugwoche: Zwei Piloten sterben | MiGFlug","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/haf-f-4e-aup-phantom-01504-andravida-shelter.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-06T17:50:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-06T17:50:50+00:00","description":"Bei einem Absturz einer F-4 Phantom der griechischen Luftwaffe w\u00e4hrend der Athener Flugwoche 2026 kamen beide Piloten in Tanagra ums Leben. Was ist bisher \u00fcber den Unfall bekannt?.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/haf-f-4e-aup-phantom-01504-andravida-shelter.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/haf-f-4e-aup-phantom-01504-andravida-shelter.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"caption":"Hellenic Air Force F-4E AUP Phantom II 01504 of 338 Squadron in a hardened shelter at Andravida"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/f-4-phantom-crash-athens-flying-week-tanagra-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"F-4 Phantom Crash at Athens Flying Week Kills Two Pilots"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/#website","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/","name":"Afterburner \u2013 MiGFlugs Magazin","description":"F\u00fcr alle, die sich f\u00fcr das Fliegen von Milit\u00e4rjets und verwandte Luftfahrtthemen interessieren.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/#organization","name":"MiGFlug GmbH","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:897\/h:278\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:897\/h:278\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png","width":897,"height":278,"caption":"MiGFlug GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiGFlug\/","https:\/\/x.com\/migflug","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/migflug\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MiGFlug","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/migflug.com\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.ch\/migflug\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/8de428a67c070c9b49afaa026328a4e3","name":"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/24d828074a1cc6684638b2dcfc98a9dd85a2e06b37adfd74d20fae209f234190?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/24d828074a1cc6684638b2dcfc98a9dd85a2e06b37adfd74d20fae209f234190?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/24d828074a1cc6684638b2dcfc98a9dd85a2e06b37adfd74d20fae209f234190?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy"},"description":"Fortun\u00e9 Leroy berichtet \u00fcber die franz\u00f6sische und europ\u00e4ische Luft- und Raumfahrt, von Rafale und Airbus bis hin zur NATO-Strategie und der Verteidigungsindustrie des Kontinents.","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/author\/fortuneleroy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20660699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20660699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20660699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20660811,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20660699\/revisions\/20660811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20660118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20660699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20660699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20660699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}