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. 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 No response to radio calls from Athens ATCĪlerted to possible renegade aircraft Nicosia ATC informs Athens ATC that radio Louisa Vouteri, a 32-year-old Greek national living in Cyprus, replaced a sick colleague as the chief purser. Charalambous had accrued 7,549 flight hours throughout his career. Pampos Charalambous, 51, a Cypriot who flew for Helios, served as the first officer and had worked exclusively for Helios for the last five years. He had been flying for 35 years (including for Interflug before 1990) and had accrued 16,900 flight hours. Hans-Jürgen Merten, a 58-year-old German contract pilot hired by Helios for the holiday flights, was the captain. The scheduled arrival time in Athens was 10:45 am. The flight was scheduled to leave Larnaca, Cyprus, at 09:00 am local time, and fly 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 in 1998 until it was leased by Helios Airways on 16 April 2004 and nicknamed Olympia, with registration 5B-DBY. The crash is the fourth-deadliest involving a 737-300. Flight 522's loss marked the 69th crash of a Boeing 737 since it was brought into service in 1968. With 121 fatalities, this was the deadliest aviation accident in Greek history. All 115 passengers and six crew on board the aircraft were killed. Rescue teams located the wreckage near the community of Grammatiko, 40 km (25 mi) from Athens. A lack of oxygen incapacitated the crew, leading to the aircraft's eventual crash after running out of fuel. Helios Airways Flight 522 was a scheduled Helios Airways passenger flight that crashed into a mountain on 14 August 2005 at 12:04 pm EEST, north of Marathon and Varnavas, Greece, while flying from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Athens, Greece. Prague Ruzyně Int'l Airport, Prague, Czech Republic Larnaca International Airport, Larnaca, CyprusĪthens International Airport, Athens, Greece Lua error in a at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lack of cabin pressurization and pilot error, leading to crew incapacitation due to hypoxia, and subsequent fuel exhaustion 5B-DBY, the aircraft involved in the accident, at Prague Ruzyně International Airport in March 2005.
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