Friday, August 19, 2005

Helios Plane Makes Emergency Landing

BBC reports that an aircraft operated by Helios Airways made an emergency landing today because of the pilot's fears concerning its flaps. The report says that it was later found that the flaps were operating normally.

Source: BBC article.

Helios is the airline that has received much grief lately not only because of the recent Cypriot crash, in which 121 passengers and crew aboard one of its 737 aircraft were killed, but because of alleged maintenance-related issues expressed by various passengers and at least one former employee.

It should not be surprising that the pilot diverted his flight today in view of this state of high tension.

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