Four Australian water-bombing helicopters and seven crew are due to touch down in Greece on Saturday after jetting from Wellcamp Airport to Perth on Thursday morning.
The Russian aircraft Antonov An-124, chartered by Sunshine Coast company McDermott Aviation from Industrial conglomerate Mytilineos, will carry the Australian water bombers to Greece.
The first two Bell 214B aerial water-bombing helicopters and supplies were loaded onto the Antonov An-124 in Wellcamp Airport in Queensland.
Another two Bell 214B helicopters were loaded on the Antonov-124 in Perth.
From here, the four Australian helicopters will head off en board the Antonov An-124 to Greece’s capital Athens via Sri Lanka.
Read more on this story at The Greek Herald
