WWII aircraft wreck found in Faliro Bay

A team of divers recently identified the wreckage of a World War II aircraft on the seabed in Faliro Bay, southern Athens, believed to have crashed in 1943.

"We embarked on a mission to dive to a wreck that was located in 2013 by another team. Arriving at the designated spot, we couldn't see it by scanning the seabed. However, luck was on our side as a few kilometers away, we encountered two fishermen who pointed us to a spot with a concentration of fish. So, we decided to dive, knowing that most wrecks are located thanks to fishermen's indications," says Erikos Kranidiotis of the Addicted2H2O team, which conducted the operation with the support of the Diver's Corner dive center.

Describing the discovery, Kranidiotis notes that initially, without knowing what lay beneath the surface, two divers from the team descended. After 35 minutes of exploration, they brought the...