Μake us preferred on GoogleThe Danish pilot killed in Sunday’s mid-air collision between two firefighting helicopters while battling the major wildfire in western Attica prefecture has been identified as 46-year-old Rune Kindahl, an experienced helicopter pilot whose family said he had dedicated the latest stage of his career to aerial firefighting. “I want people to know that he was carrying out important work by helping fight the wildfires in Greece.” The collision occurred shortly after midday Sunday near the coastal settlement of Psatha as two Bell firefighting helicopters were conducting water-dropping operations over the fast-moving wildfire burning across western Attica. Kindahl and a Greek aerial operations coordinator were killed, while two crew members aboard the second helicopter survived. In an emotional social media post, the father of the Greek coordinator wrote: “Today was the first time the Danish pilot flew with my son.