Air Crash Investigation - S04E08 Ghost Plane (Helios Airways Flight 522)

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On 14 August 2005, air traffic controllers lost radio contact with Helios Airways Flight 522. Two F-16s from the Hellenic Air Force intercepted and investigated the flight and found all but one person aboard not moving. A few moments later the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed, killing 121 people. An incorrect setting on the cabin pressurization panel caused the pilots and everyone else on board to succumb to hypoxia.

Type of aircraft: Boeing 737-300.
Cause of disaster: Pilot error, hypoxia, loss of cabin pressure, fuel exhaustion, engine failure.

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