Twenty years on from the Helios tragedy
Twenty years ago on August 14, 2005, a Boeing 737-300 took off at 9.07am from Larnaca airport with 115 passengers and six crew on board. By 12.03pm, no one on that Helios Airways ...
Tragic Helios airplane crash remembered 19 years later
Nineteen years have passed since the tragic crash on August 14, 2005, of the Boeing 737-31S aircraft of Helios Airways in the mountainous area of Grammatiko in Attica, Greece. The devastating ...
Helios crash orphans denied state compensation
The Supreme Court rejected a request from two Helios orphans seeking compensation from the government over the plane crash that killed their parents, it emerged on Wednesday.
The case was ...
Helios crash investigation expert dies, aged 93 (Updated)
Akrivos Tsolakis, who led the committee for investigation into the fatal Helios Airways plane crash passed away on Monday, at the age of 93.
The fatal crash of Helios Airways Flight 522, ...
No more losses due to delay and inefficiency, president says
We must never again allow delay, apathy and inefficiency to lead to loss of human lives, such as that of the Helios tragedy, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday evening.
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Flight safety improved since Helios crash, but challenges remain
Flight safety since the day of the Helios air crash has improved significantly, the head of the flight safety unit at the civil aviation department, said on Monday, the 18th ...
Sixteenth anniversary of Helios air disaster
Saturday marks 16 years since Cyprus’ Helios Airways Boeing 737 crashed on a hillside near Athens on August 14, 2005, killing all 115 passengers and six crew on board, making it the worst air tragedy ...