Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
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A British couple on their honeymoon and a pilot were killed in a helicopter crash on the Greek island of Sifnos, according to reports.
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couple → kill → reports
Police said that Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert were flying to the Aegean island when their helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the Tholos area on Monday evening.
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helicopter → say → evening
A senior police official in Athens told the Times that the crash occurred just minutes before the helicopter was scheduled to land at 6.15pm.
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helicopter → tell → 6.15pm
CCTV footage showed the aircraft spinning out of control before plummeting to the ground and igniting a fireball.
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aircraft → show → fireball
A thick plume of dark smoke was seen billowing into the sky from the site of the crash.
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plume → see → crash
Greek police named the couple as Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert to several media outlets, while the pilot was named locally as Giorgos Raikos.
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pilot → name → Raikos
The Independent has reached out to Greek police and the Foreign Office for comment.
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Independent → reach → comment
The deputy mayor of Sifnos, Manolis Fountoulakis, told local media there was little left of the aircraft after the crash.
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mayor → tell → crash
He said: “It experienced mechanical failure in the air; residents say it made a loud, strange noise, like military aircraft.”
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it → say → aircraft
A Foreign Office spokesman told the Times: “We are in contact with the local authorities and are urgently seeking further information.
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We → tell → information
Our staff stand ready to provide consular support to those affected.”
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staff → stand → those
Sifnos has a permanent population of around 2,600 people, but has become a popular island to visit for tourists in recent years.
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Sifnos → have → years
Earlier this month, a Briton survived and two people were killed after two firefighting helicopters collided while battling vast blazes tearing through an area west of Athens.
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helicopters → survive → Athens
A Greek and a Danish national on one helicopter were killed, after a second helicopter with a Briton and Greek onboard collided with its rotors.
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helicopter → kill → rotors
Both people onboard the second helicopter survived.
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people → survive → helicopter
Tragic footage of the collision shows two helicopters crossing paths at low altitude, before the main rotor of the lower helicopter strikes the underside of the other, causing it to crash down in flames.
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it → show → flames
The second helicopter was able to fly away and carry out an emergency landing.
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helicopter → fly → landing
Both the Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and president Konstantinos Tasoulas paid tribute to the firefighters killed as they were fighting a wildfire that has destroyed more than 100 homes around Psatha, Attica, northwest of Athens.
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that → pay → Athens
Europe has been ravaged by wildfires this summer after a period of record-breaking heatwaves and little rain – conditions that scientists say have been exacerbated by climate change.
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scientists → ravage → change
Destructive blazes in France and Spain have shown some signs of easing, but several wildfires have broken out in Greece after a period of relative calm there.
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wildfires → show → calm
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