British man dies at popular Greek beauty spot while trying to take photo

He could not be saved

A British man has died at a popular Greek beauty spot while trying to take a photo. The man was found in the Vouraikos gorge, in Kalavryta, after his friends raised the alarm.

He is said to have been standing on cliffs taking photographs of fighter jets when he collapsed. Friends of the man - who has not been named - alerted emergency services at about 8.30am on Friday, October 11.

They are said to have made repeated unsuccessful attempts to resuscitate him. Medics also had a difficult task trying to rescue the man from the 12-mile long gorge.

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The gorge is by the River Vouraikos and is part of the Chelmos-Vouraikos National Park, Mirror reports. The British man later died in hospital, it is understood.

Local firefighters wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, "An unconscious man was transported from a difficult place in the area of the Mega Cave of Kalavryton and handed over to the E.K.A.B [emergency teams]. They [bought] 7 firefighters with 2 vehicles."

According to local media, the man may have been suffering from a prior illness. A number of plane spotters had been at the Vouraikos gorge to watch fighter jets taking part in NATO's Ramstein Flag drills over the Greek countryside.

This included planes from the UK, US, Greece, Canada, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portual, Romania, Spain and Sweden. Detailing the military exercise, the NATO website says: "Ramstein Flag is an Allied Air Command sponsored tactical level LIVEX aiming to provide participating nations, as the Primary Training Audience, high-end training opportunities that include realistic problem sets in a complex operational environment."