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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-08-31
CONTENTS
[01] HELIOS - AIR CRASH - COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
[01] HELIOS - AIR CRASH - COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
Serious omissions at the Cyprus Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) did
not allow to have a satisfactory control of the air companies, said
former head of DCA Licensing Division Charalambos Hadjigeorgiou, during
his third appearance before the Commission of Inquiry into the cause of
the Helios Boeing 737-300 air crash on August 14, 2005, near Athens,
that killed all 121 passengers on board.
Hadjigeorgiou, who was cross examined today by the Helios Airways
attorney Demetris Araouzos, said that the aircraft that crashed had
received in 2004 an airworthiness certificate by the DCA although the
company had not solved eight safety-related problems, as recommended by
a DCA British counselor.
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