The pilot, identified in local media reports as Ibrahim Ammar, had been missing since Sunday, the fire department said.

He was to have flown over the city of Ioannina before returning to his training base in Kozani.

Pieces of wreckage had been found on Mount Mitsikeli near Ioannina on Wednesday.

The victim was among a group of Iraqi Airways pilots training in a Kozani private air academy.