Helios Crash Report Highlights Hypoxia Born Of Human Error Akrivos Tsolakis, head of Greece's National Aviation Safety Board, has now passed his 230 page report on the August 2005 Helios 737 tragedy to the Greek and Cypriot governments. As expected, human error looms large in the report. However, there are sins of both omission and commission, in the shape of direct causes and indirect causes. The two deceased pilots of the Cypriot 737-300 get a special mention for their failure…
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