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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Feb 2013, 15:13
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Oxygen

Interesting exchange re O2. The audio selectors were found by the Boeing adviser to NTSB - both undamaged by the impact, not even dusty, and both at MASK.

The Flight Deck valve was about half...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
16th Feb 2013, 07:23
Replies: 30
Views: 8,147
Posted By airsnoop

So this is Bad Management

The management of Helios Airways were found guilty; check out your own favourite airline against this.

The AAIASB Report found that the Flight and Cabin crew were medically fit, well rested and...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
16th Feb 2013, 07:20
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

So this is Bad Management

The management of Helios Airways were found guilty; check out your own favourite airline against this.

The AAIASB Report found that the Flight and Cabin crew were medically fit, well rested and...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
13th Feb 2013, 08:57
Replies: 30
Views: 8,147
Posted By airsnoop

Helios Verdict

It is really good news that Alan has been aquitted, however, the court still seems to be of the opinion that he left the PMS in MAN despite there being no evidence to support this.

It is...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Feb 2013, 12:34
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Athens decision

It is great news that Alan was found Not Guilty, but then he wasn't guilty anyway was he.

It was very heartening for him to have been given the overwhelming support of his fellow licensed...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Feb 2013, 15:59
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Decision Day

Tomorrow, Thursday 7 February 2013, is the day the Greek Court's verdict will be announced.

The sad thing is that there is nothing anyone can do about it. :ugh:
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2013, 07:28
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Act Now Accountable Managers

Well said Marvo, I suspect that even Insurers run out of money in cases that go on as long as this one.

At least you will have 123 years together in which you can say "I told you so" to any...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Jan 2013, 06:59
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Athens Court

Maybe the time has come to stop flying or working on aircraft that are to enter Greek airspace. 123 years in a Greek jail can't be a whole lot of fun.

And if you are not getting support from your...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Aug 2012, 08:30
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Re-opening the Investigation

This fiasco has taken it's toll on all the accused, aviation people with years of experience who did nothing wrong, but in the Greek system heads must roll.

The First Instance court was a farce,...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jul 2012, 08:36
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Reopening the Investigation

It appears that, despite new and significant evidence being submitted, the Greeks have decided not to reopen the investigation.

Probably because it demonstrates beyond all reasonable doubt that...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th Jul 2012, 08:43
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

A Gem from the Judge

The problem with you guys is that you don't speak Greek like real engineers!

Another little gem:

"Al*****los also testified that the door can open with 1.1 differential pressure"

He has to...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Jul 2012, 10:56
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Judges Reasoning

It is time for all engineers to take action before they find themselves in prison.

The Greek judge has has given her reasons for banging up Alan Irwin for 123 years and has set the precendent...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
28th Jun 2012, 06:39
Replies: 30
Views: 8,147
Posted By airsnoop

PMS Selector

In the 7 years that this has been going on no-one has ever presented any evidence that Alan left the switch in MAN - it is assumed that he did because he was the last person who admitted touching it!...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
27th Jun 2012, 06:53
Replies: 30
Views: 8,147
Posted By airsnoop

Helios Judge's Reasoning

It is time for all engineers to take action before they find themselves in prison.
The Greek judge has has given her reasons for banging up Alan Irwin for 123 years and has set the precendent that...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th May 2012, 14:47
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

AIR Report

These are top ISASI investigative engineers who did this report (google - AIR, Canada) and I believe it was given as evidence for the defence.

Along with evidence from other top people from UK,...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
11th May 2012, 16:04
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Reopening the Helios Investigation

Just heard that new and significant evidence has been sent to the Greek Investigators by the State of Cyprus with a request to reopen the investigation.

Now we will see what the Greeks care most...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th May 2012, 06:37
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

The Island of Cyprus

The shining light in this travesty is the Cypriot legal system that has demonstrated how civilised European countries should behave.

Yes there was a extensive criminal investigation but it was...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th May 2012, 15:15
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Greek Legal System

Can I just speak up for the excellent Greek legal system, in case, as CEO, you ever have to face it because one of your engineers left the Captain's seat too far back after he had arranged the flight...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd May 2012, 14:56
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Letters/emails

Why don't you route your indignation by letter/email to UK AAIB or your own investigating authority, as they will be the ones whose questions you will now have to think twice about answering.

Be...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd May 2012, 16:32
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Best I can do

Audio Control Panels: Both captain's and first officers audio control panels were contained within the pedestal control panel. Each panel has a toggle switch that can be positioned to either "mask"...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd May 2012, 15:02
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

They never found the pilots masks which is...

They never found the pilots masks which is strange as they found both supernummary masks intact.

The Report doesn't comment on the audio switches; the Boeing man on the NTSB team noticed that...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd May 2012, 10:24
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Thumbs up You are Correct Philk123

All 3 bleed air switches were OFF and had not been moved by the impact - expanding on this would have spoilt the tidy little scenario.

It has since come to light that the pilots had selected both...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd May 2012, 06:40
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Flight International

Have you seen this weeks Flight - good leader on the Athens farce

The underlying message is don't talk to accident investigators without your lawyer present or better still don't talk to them full...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Apr 2012, 09:25
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Criminalisation

This event has highlighted the problem of using accident reports in criminal cases, especially when they are used as the only source of evidence as in the Greek Court.

When a 'proper' police based...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Apr 2012, 08:45
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

The Article - worth repeating here

Aviation Safety Suffers Further Setback Following Helios Conviction

HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
A Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer has received a 10 year...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Apr 2012, 08:17
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Cyprus Court

Not exactly TOON, after a full and proper investigation by the Cypriot Police, the Prosecutor decided that there was no case against Alan so he was not brought to court.

The problem now is that...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Apr 2012, 07:22
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

GO TO ABAT4t2's LINK

Have just read the link ABAT4t2 introduced above - please go to it, read it, and take action before you find yourselves in a Greek prison.

Time for all of you who fix or fly into Greek airspace to...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Apr 2012, 18:08
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Reminder

As it has slipped back down the thread, let me remind you:

There is NO EVIDENCE that the engineer left the PMS at MAN
There is evidence that he probably didn't
There is NO EVIDENCE that the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Apr 2012, 07:51
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

And another thing

In the Conclusions to the official report it is quite clear that the engineers actions were neither causal nor contributory to the accident.

Also the investigation found that the Flight Crew were...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Apr 2012, 07:39
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

AMM Procedure

While your arguments about whether or not there is a requirement for the engineer to leave a switch in a certain position are great, please don't lose sight of the basic fact that:

---THERE WAS NO...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Apr 2012, 10:50
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Marvo999

Time was when the UK AAIB would have become involved in the investigation and would have protected the UK interest but it appears to be no longer the case.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Apr 2012, 07:47
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Greek Registered Aircraft

Just to amplify a point made by Wenwe; the aircraft was neither Greek registered nor located there. It was a Cypriot registered aircraft based and operated from Larnaca.

This could happen to any...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Apr 2012, 14:30
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

AAIB Involvement

TOON737 - Alan Irwin is a first class engineer and did nothing wrong.
To answer your last remark, he did appeal to the UK AAIB for help when the Greeks "lost" his submission that showed he could not...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Apr 2012, 14:02
Replies: 427
Views: 202,107
Posted By airsnoop

Helios Trial

A few facts;

the CVR was 30 minutes so the last 30 minutes was recorded

it was ASSUMED the engineer left the PMS in MAN because it was found "past MAN" having been severely damaged in the...
Forum: Questions
9th Jun 2011, 06:35
Replies: 1
Views: 2,044
Posted By airsnoop

Angel Cabin Pressure Warning

Although I have flown some of them my recall is confused. Did the following older types have an amber/red caution light for cabin alt above 10K ft as well as an audio?
Types: DC9/DC10/B707/Cessna...
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