The fact that the passengers’ oxygen masks deployed – an automatic process – appears to imply that the pilots should have received aural and visual warnings that there was a problem with the cabin altitude. Numerous pilots who have commented on the accident confess to being perplexed over the possible on-board sequence. The circumstances of the final crash into the ground, at 12:20, are not known.
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There are unconfirmed reports that the crew reported a problem with the on-board air circulation systems at an earlier stage in the flight.Īnd Flight International’s sister publication Air Transport Intelligence reports that Turkish air traffic controllers observed the aircraft transmitting the 7700 international emergency code from its transponder.Ī Greek government official yesterday told CNN that the fighter pilots later observed people in the cockpit before the aircraft crashed. Greek rescue services say that passengers’ bodies recovered from the wreckage, in hills some 20nm north of Athens, were wearing oxygen masks. Police in Greece now think the man who said he received the text message was lying because the name of the man he claimed sent the message did not appear on the list of official victims. However, police now believe the text message, containing the words: “The pilot has turned blue. Two Greek air force F-16s inspected the aircraft from the air after air traffic control lost communication with it while it was en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Athens.Ī Greek Government spokesman says the fighter pilots, intercepting at 34,000ft, saw only the first officer in the cockpit and he was apparently unconscious.Īs for the captain's condition, the only piece of information came from a text message purported to have been sent by a passenger. Airline Business special: CEOs to watch in 2021įlight International online news 09:00 GMT: Problems with the pressurisation system appear almost certainly to be behind the fatal loss yesterday of a Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 in Greece, but the possible sequence of events remains a puzzle.FlightGlobal Guide to Business Aviation Training and Safety 2021.EDGE: A new global force in aerospace and defence.Shell Aviation: What will it take to Decarbonise Aviation?.What does the future of aviation look like in 2022?.Guide to Business Aviation Training and Safety 2022.
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