Newlywed London couple die in horror helicopter crash on Greek Island during honeymoon

A British couple on their honeymoon and their pilot have died after their helicopter crashed on a Greek island .

The private air taxi crashed into a field and burst into flames after reportedly experiencing a mechanical failure.

A huge inferno broke out as the chopper went down, with a fireball engulfing the aircraft’s wreckage and scattered debris as two firefighters and one fire engine raced to the site to tackle the flames.

Footage captured by nearby CCTV showed a helicopter spinning as it lost altitude, before smashing into the ground, while local media broadcasts showed smoke billowing from the site at around 6pm local time.

The crash occurred in an inhabited area, but it is understood that no homes were hit.

Police have named the couple as Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert, and the Greek pilot as Giorgos Raikos.

The pair, believed to have been in their early 30s and living in London, were reportedly on their honeymoon at the time of the smash, while the pilot is said to have been a retired Greek Air Force officer.

Local media reported that the aircraft, believed to be a Bell 206 helicopter, was about to land in the Tholos area.

A senior police officer in the area told The Sun: “There is a good chance the helicopter crashed because of some fault.

“That is what we are investigating. It was very close to the heliport and at some point witnesses reported it making a strange sound.”

Manolis Fountoulakis, the deputy mayor of Sifnos, said: “It experienced mechanical failure in the air – residents say it made a loud, strange noise, like military aircraft.”

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The Greek fire service said the crash triggered an alarm heard across the island.