The direct cause of the accident was determined to be incapacitation of the flight crew due to hypoxia. The final descent into terrain was the result of both engines flaming out due to fuel starvation after the airplane had been under automatic control in a high-altitude holding pattern in the vicinity of Athens International Airport. The flight, Helios HCY522, was a planned flight from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, Greece. The 115 passengers and six crew members on board were fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed. On the morning of August 14, 2005, at approximately 1203 local time, a Boeing 737-300, registration number 5B-DBY, operated by Helios Airways, impacted hilly terrain in the vicinity of Grammatiko, Hellas, Greece, approximately 33 km northwest of the Athens International Airport. Photo of Helios 737 Helios Airways Flight 52, HCY522 Hellas, Greece August 14, 2005
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