![]() ![]() The inspection was carried out by a ground engineer who then performed a pressurization leak check. When the aircraft arrived from London Heathrow earlier that morning, the previous flight crew had reported a frozen door seal and abnormal noises coming from the right aft service door, and requested a full inspection of the door. Located by F-16s over Aegean island of KeaĬabin oxygen deployed, no signs of terrorismįighters see an individual in the cockpit,Īpparently trying to regain control of aircraft General Staff, Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis No response to radio calls from Athens ATC Flight and crashĬabin Altitude Warning sounds at 12,040 feet (3,670 m) 32-year old Louisa Vouteri, a Greek national living in Cyprus, replaced a sick colleague as the chief purser. Pampos Charalambous, 51, a Cypriot who flew for Helios, served as the first officer. Hans-Jürgen Merten, a 59-year-old German contract pilot hired by Helios for the holiday flights, was the captain. The scheduled arrival time in Athens was 10:45. The flight was scheduled to leave Larnaca, Cyprus at 09:00 local time, to Prague via Athens. The aircraft had arrived in Larnaca from London Heathrow at 01:25 that morning. Aside from the downed aircraft, the Helios fleet consisted of two leased Boeing 737-800s and an Airbus A319-111 delivered on. The aircraft involved in this incident was first flown on 29 December 1997 and had been operated by DBA until it was leased by Helios Airways on 16 April 2004 and nicknamed Olympia, with registration 5B-DBY. It is the 69th crash of a Boeing 737 (the most numerous passenger jet aircraft in the world) since it was brought into service in 1968.ĥB-DBY, the aircraft involved in the accident, is seen here at Ruzyne Airport in March 2005. With 121 dead, this was the deadliest aviation disaster in Greek history surpassing the crash of a Olympic Airlines DC-6 in which 90 passengers and crew lost their lives. Rescue teams located wreckage near the community of Grammatiko 40 km (25 mi) from Athens. Helios Airways Flight 522 (HCY 522 or ZU522) was a Helios Airways Boeing 737–300 flight that crashed into a mountain on 14 August 2005 at 12:04 EEST, north of Marathon and Varnavas, Greece whilst flying from Larnaca, Cyprus. Improper pre-flight pressurization configuration, leading to pilot incapacitation due to Artist's depiction of 5B-DBY being met by two F-16s of the Hellenic Air Force at 34000 ft ![]()
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