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Global Aviation News Article
August
22, 2005
Bloomberg News, "Helios
Jet Crashed After Fuel Loss Followed Pressure Drop"
The
Helios Airways plane that crashed Aug. 14 near Athens came
down when fuel ran out, possibly after a loss of pressure
incapacitated crew and passengers, an investigator said.
"The plane's engines stopped
functioning when fuel ran out, which was the final cause of the crash," the
head of investigations Akrivos Tsolakis said today in a letter to Greek Transport
Minister Michalis Liapis, released by e-mail from the transport ministry today.
The crash killed
all 121 people on board. Greek air controllers couldn't establish contact with
the Boeing Co. 737-300 which was flying from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Athens. The
pilots of two F-16 fighter planes sent to investigate saw that the co-pilot had
collapsed in the cockpit and there was no sign of the pilot.
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