http://news.ert.gr/en/10/21317.asp
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Chairman of the Hellenic Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board Akrivos Tsolakis is to hand Tuesday morning the finding on the crash of the Helios airliner, which crashed in the area of Grammatiko on 14 August 2005, over to Transport Minister Michael Liapis. The finding puts the crash down to human error, sources said. In particular, it primarily holds the pilot and the co-pilot responsible, for failing to shift the compression valve from the manually-operated mode to the automate one. They are also blamed for not realizing that it was the partial decompression that prompted the alarm to sound. The partial decompression raised oxygen levels inside the cockpit and the pilots lost their senses. Responsibilities are also attributed to the technicians who performed the last inspection prior to Helios airliner’s fatal flight, because they left the compression valve to the manually-operated mode.
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