Air Crash #1

Helios Airways Flight 552

Date: 14 August 2005 All times EEST (UTC + 3h), PM in bold
Time	Event
0900	Scheduled departure
0907	Departs Larnaca International Airport
0912	Cabin Altitude Warning sounds at 12,040 feet (3,670 m)
0914	Pilots report air conditioning problem
0920	Last contact with crew; Altitude is 28,900 feet (8,809 m)
0923	Now at 34,000 feet (10,400 m); Probably on autopilot
0937	Enters Athens Flight Information Region
1012–1050	No response to radio calls from Athens ATC
1020	Athens ATC calls Larnaca ATC; Gets report of air conditioning problem
1024	Hellenic Air Force (HAF) alerted to possible renegade aircraft
1045	Scheduled arrival in Athens
1047	HAF reassured that the problem seemed to have been solved
1055	HAF ordered to intercept by Chief of General Staff, Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis
1105	Two F-16 fighters depart Nea Anchialos
1124	Located by F-16s over Aegean island of Kea
1132	Fighters see co-pilot slumped over, cabin oxygen deployed, no signs of terrorism
1149	Fighters see an individual in the cockpit, apparently trying to regain control of aircraft
1150	Left (#1) engine stops operating, presumably due to fuel starvation
1154	CVR records two MAYDAY messages
1200	Right (#2) engine stops operating
1204	Aircraft crashes in mountains near Grammatikos, Greece