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Police in the northern Peloponnese have recovered the body of a 67-year-old British national who had been aircraft spotting with a friend.
The body was found in a remote area of Megalo Spileo, northeast of Kalavryta, in Achaea regional unit.
According to a police statement, the man had gone to the location with a fellow Briton to watch passing airplanes. However, the 67-year-old lost consciousness, for as yet unknown reasons, and his companion called for help.
Two fire engines and seven firefighters went to the location and recovered the man’s body, which was afterwards taken to a Kalavryta hospital where he was officially pronounced dead.
The body will be transferred to Patra, where an autopsy will be conducted. [AMNA]