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August 15, 2005

Cypriot Authorities Raid Helios Offices

Looking For Evidence In Greek Tragedy

ANN REAL TIME NEWS: 1515 EDT -- The top law officer in Cyprus, Attorney General of the Republic Petros Clerides, issued search warrants Monday aimed at Helios Airways. This, after Sunday's crash of a Helios 737 bound from Larnaca to Athens, then on to Prague.

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Helios Airways Statement On Fatal Mishap Near Athens

"A Terrible Tragedy"

Helios Airways Chairman, Andreas Drakou, said today that the accident to flight ZU522 was a terrible tragedy and that the company is providing immediate financial and other assistance to the families of all those affected by the appalling event.

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NTSB Team Arrives In Greece To Assist In Aircraft Accident Investigation

Helping Find Answers In A Tragedy Surrounded By Questions

A team of National Transportation Safety Board investigators has arrived in Athens to assist the Air Accidents Investigation and Aviation Safety Board of Greece in the investigation of the Helios Air, Boeing 737, aircraft accident.

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As If The Strike Wasn't Enough...

BA ERJ-145 Skids Off Runway In Germany

Still reeling from a wildcat strike that cost more than $17 million a day, British Airways Sunday had another fine mess to deal with. An Embraer ERJ-145 ran off the end of the runway in Hanover Germany.

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Another JAL Incident

Engine Bursts Into Flame Shortly After Take-Off

It's another in a string of incidents for Japan's beleagured JAL Airways -- a DC-10 was forced to make an emergency landing at Fukuoka Airport Saturday when its number-one engine burst into flames shortly after take-off. This, after a government warning about possible defects in some DC-10 stator vanes and turbine blades.

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Black Boxes, Bodies Recovered From Greek Crash Site

Most Were "Frozen Solid," According To Rescuers

As Greek recovery teams sifted through the wreckage of a Helios Airlines 737 that went down on Sunday, they reported finding bodies that were "frozen solid" after the plane suffered what appeared to be a catastrophic loss of cabin pressure and heat, authorities said. The Cypriot aircraft's black boxes were recovered and investigators hoped to find they would provide some insight into the mishap, which killed all 121 people on board.

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