The August 2005 Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 crash, which happened after the aircraft failed to pressurise, was an accident waiting to happen because of multiple systemic faults, says the chief investigator into the accident.
The investigation has found that “latent errors have lain there for years waiting for the pilot to pull the triggerâ€, Capt Akrivos Tsolakis, head of the Hellenic Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board (AAIASB) told the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) European Regions Airline Association European Aviation Safety Seminar in Athens, Greece last week.
Tsolakis made it clear that all the parties involved in the accident made some contribution to the systemic latent faults that created “a window of opportunity†for the errors made by the pilots. He did not specify those faults, or those responsible for them.
The main parties involved are the airline, the Cyprus Civil Aviation Authority and the aircraft manufacturer, Tsolakis confirmed.
Flight Global
The investigation has found that “latent errors have lain there for years waiting for the pilot to pull the triggerâ€, Capt Akrivos Tsolakis, head of the Hellenic Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board (AAIASB) told the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) European Regions Airline Association European Aviation Safety Seminar in Athens, Greece last week.
Tsolakis made it clear that all the parties involved in the accident made some contribution to the systemic latent faults that created “a window of opportunity†for the errors made by the pilots. He did not specify those faults, or those responsible for them.
The main parties involved are the airline, the Cyprus Civil Aviation Authority and the aircraft manufacturer, Tsolakis confirmed.
Flight Global