Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Helios Air Crash ..E-Mail a Hoax


Helios Air Crash ..E-Mail a Hoax



Helios Airlines in a statement on their websoite -above link- has stated that the authorities have determined that an e-mail received by a 'cousin' of a passenger or crew memeber on the doomed aircraft while still in-flight was a hoax.

Monday, August 15, 2005

Helios 737 Crash -More Links-Notes


Helios AIrCrash -More Links Notes



Israel-Cyprus Ai Routes (from 2001) Helios a consdered bidder
en francais Deutsch Airways sold Boeing 737-31S to Helios livr� Deutsch Airways
Helios Fleet Detail 737-300
Wikipedia Helios Airways ..past decompression problems on this plane type (2004)
Helios Airways London Flights 737-800
Boeing Corp News Release Plane 7373 series details : system engines etc
World Air Routes
AeroSpaceWeb -- more on helios-Boeing 737
Planemad.net - detail Boeing 737-31S
Helios Airways Portal

Also summed from above -- LHG had purchased Helios last Friday - Libra Holidays Group - deal signed London (news release dated 2005 Mon 14?) LHG ... Helios promotion literature highlights approach to Cairo as flying close to Pyramids ...

15-08-05 .. FoxNews approx 14:00 EDT-US report on Helios crash notes a male cabin steward was an aspiring airlne pilot -- speculates he may have been a male seen moving in aircraft -- see Gretchen Carlson report

Addendum --http://www.airsafe.com .. a passenger atttuned aviation news site - also has Hawaiian Airlnes decompression incident due to marine weather fuselage metal fatigue (later attribued to rivets) -plane decopressed as arcraft skin peeled away forward but aft of cockpit in flight -craft landed with passengers and allcrw save a cabin attendant.

HELIOS Airways Boeing 737 Crash


Helios Boeing 737 Crash Info - More Notations for Research



News Data Points re Helios Boeing 737 Crash --from WWW source on line ...
Using the data off the image reference below --the Int'l registration # produces the plane production number for registry ownership or other research - including accidents; service dates; overhauls etc.

Helios Airways portal site asserted the craft completely flight-worthy at departure time from Lacarna Cyprus -Helios is a Cypriot Airline- Cyprus first private airline commencing in 1999. -- Airline is popular tourist charter also frequently used for British sun-seekers to eastern Med & Cyprus. Helios Airline with another Cypriot airline were announced last April as bidders for a newly approved and sought route to Israel -- no terrorism was suspected as of yesterday ... Cyprus and many European still maintain a CAB style routes semi-regulated aviation market.

http://www.airliner.net
-- search result referencing Helios Boeing 737
-search result:
Photo ID: 843888
Views: 940
Aircraft
Location & Date
Helios Airways
Boeing 737-31S
Athens - Eleftherios Venizelos (Spata) (ATH / LGAV) Greece, May 13, 2005
Remark
�Photographer�
5B-DBY (cn 29099/2982)
[photographs at Prague & Greece - image caption:]
Ready to taxi out at dusk. The aircraft crashed three months later on 14 August 2005 in mountainous terrain some 40 km north of Athens while enroute on flight 522 from Larnaka via Athens to Prague. Unfortunately, all 121 onboard lost their lives in the accident. [Nikon D70]
Harri Koskinen
Contact
FI

http://www.planemad.net/

(cn 29099/2982) D-ADBQ Boeing 737-31S

13.03 2002 DBA [sold leased to Helios]

in service 1997 Deutsch Airways 29.12.97

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http://www.airsafe.com --search result other Boeing 737 incidents:

http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/b737.htm
9 March 1989; Piedmont 737-200; near Dayton, OH: The aircraft lost cabin pressurization at 31,000 feet (9450 meters). The aircraft executed an emergency descent and landed at Dayton, OH. One of the 70 passengers was taken from the plane to a local hospital and died less than seven hours later. Note: The local medical authorities declared the death due to natural causes. The NTSB also lists this event as an incident and not a fatal accident.

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