History: Helios Airways Flight 522
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| Date | 14 August 2005 | ||
| Type : | Human error | ||
| Location : | Grammatiko, Greece | ||
| Passengers : | 115 | ||
| Crew : | 6 | ||
| Fatalities : | 121 | ||
| Survivors : | 0 | ||
| Aircraft involved : | Boeing 737-31S | ||
| Operator : | Helios Airways | ||
| Aircraft registration : | 5B-DBY | ||
| Flight origin : | Larnaca Airport | ||
| Stopover : | Athens Airport | ||
| Destination : | Prague Airport | ||
Helios Airways Flight 522 (Flight numbers: HCY 522 or ZU522) was a Boeing 737-31S operated by Helios Airways which crashed into a mountain on the 14 August 2005, just nort of Marathon, Greece while enroute from Larnaca Airport to Prague Airport with scheduled stopover at Athens Airport
The aircraft crashed near Grammatiko just 40 km (25 mi) from Athens. All the 121 people on board (115 passengers and 6 crew) were killed in the crash - this being the deadliest aviation disaster in Greece
Table of contents
Aircraft
The aircraft that crashed is the 69th crash of a Boeing 737.
Background
Accident
Search and recovery
Passengers and crew
Investigation
Conclusions
Aftermath
Further reading
Aircraft disasters
http://avherald.com/h?article=3d66d941/016&opt=0" class="wiki wikinew text-danger tips">Accident reports on Aviation Herald
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522" class="wiki wikinew text-danger tips">Helios Airways Flight 522 at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522" class="wiki wikinew text-danger tips">Helios Airways Flight 522 at Wikipedia
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