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Aug 14th, 2005 at 6:02am

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Latest news says all onboard died.
Possible cause: decompression with crew passing out before they could get their masks on, as the escorting fighter jets reported both cockpit crew being not responsive.

The plane was still flying around on autopilot somewhere above greece at the time it should have been unloading at Athens airport

 
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Reply #1 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 6:05am

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Oh no!! That is bad news. Plane crashes are becmoing common these days. First that Air France A340, then that Tuninter ATR and now this...What type of aircraft was it? Sad
 
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Reply #2 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 6:08am

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Was just about to post this Sad

Apparently it was a Cyprus Air plane, out of Larnaca. 121 passengers. Crashed near Marathonas into uninhabited hillside...
 
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Reply #3 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 6:08am

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Just found out!! Beoing 737-300 tail number 5B-DBY of Helios Airlines. This is that exact same aircraft; the only 737-300 that Helios has...RIP to all crew and passengers Sad Sad
 
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Reply #4 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 6:08am

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Was just about to post this Sad

Apparently it was a Cyprus Air plane, out of Larnaca. 121 passengers. Crashed near Marathonas into uninhabited hillside...



It was Helios Airways, they operate B737's.

Oh wait, Woozy King got to it first.
 
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Reply #5 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 6:15am

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Just found out!! Beoing 737-300 tail number 5B-DBY of Helios Airlines. This is that exact same aircraft; the only 737-300 that Helios has...RIP to all crew and passengers Sad Sad


I thought Helios was its name Lips Sealed Hard to tell, webstream quality is bad...............and now I'm totally cut off. A lot of people will want to watch this :/

Yep, can't connect to server anymore. Anyone in Greece with a TV to keep us updated?
 
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Reply #6 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 6:17am

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Apparently it descended with very high speed, indicating there was no effort to stabilise it. That supports the decompression theory...
 
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Reply #7 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 6:30am

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On leaving Cypriot airspace, they radioed problems with the on-board pressure and temperature control.

It didn't radio in on reaching Athens FIR.

Co-pilot was slumped in his seat, pilot was nowhere to be seen, and a third person wearing a gas-mask was seen in the cockpit when two HAF F-16 made passes and attempted to make contact.

Terrorism is not being ruled out...
 
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Reply #8 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 6:32am

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Interview with a guy who had a relative on-board - the relative talked with him, he said the pilot was dead, everyone is cold and that the airplane was going down. He bid him farewell, then the guy heard the actual crash Sad Sad
 
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Reply #9 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 6:36am

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Sounds like a fatal airco/heating failure...

Ground reports indicate it has been shattered completely at impact
 
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Reply #10 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 7:04am

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There just was an interview with an Olympic Airways technician at LGAV, he said that even if the aircon/heating failed, the pilots should have had enough time to descend to a safe altitude...there's the oxygen masks as well.

Wasn't there a case a few years ago when ground technicians didn't repair the oxygen system and a decompressed plane crashed because the oxygen system didn't work?
 
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Reply #11 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 7:07am

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Just confirmed: this particular plane had been grounded due to similar problems with the aircon/heating/pressurisation system. On its last flight before being grounded (this was the first flight after it had been grounded), some passengers had to be hospitalised...

Botched repairwork perhaps?
 
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Reply #12 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 7:08am

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Reply #13 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 7:15am

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On leaving Cypriot airspace, they radioed problems with the on-board pressure and temperature control.


UPDATE: These problems were reported to the company's technicians, NOT the tower either at Larnaca or Athens.

There was no contact between tower and airplane.
 
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Reply #14 - Aug 14th, 2005 at 7:35am

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With the temperature control broken, there is the chanche that the airco was blowing -60 inside the cabin at full power... how long does it take to freeze a 737 with the airco at maximum and TOutput = TOutside
 
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