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2005-08-16 Europe

Mysterious Cyprus Plane Crash Similar to General Zia Crash

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Posted by phil_b 2005-08-16 02:42|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 very interesting.

Posted by 2b 2005-08-16 08:08|| 2005-08-16 08:08|| Front Page Top

#2 here's a new tidbit:
Coroner: 6 Alive When Greek Plane Crashed
NewsMax.com Wires
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005
ATHENS, Greece - At least six of the 121 people aboard a Cypriot plane were alive when the aircraft crashed while on autopilot, a coroner said Monday, as authorities raided the airline's offices and struggled to explain the actions of the pilot and crew.

The results of the first six autopsies shed some light on the final minutes of Helios Airlines Flight ZU522, which crashed Sunday into a hillside in suburban Athens, killing all 115 passengers and six crew members. But they failed to answer all the questions.

Posted by 2b 2005-08-16 08:32|| 2005-08-16 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 oops. sorry. Don't know what happened there! link

Posted by 2b 2005-08-16 08:33|| 2005-08-16 08:33|| Front Page Top

#4 There was some famous golfer's jet a few years ago that ran out of air and didn't respond and the windows were iced over and they either shot it down or debated it. This sounds like the same thing.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-08-16 11:01|| 2005-08-16 11:01|| Front Page Top

#5 That would be the 1999 crash of a Learjet carrying golfer Payne Stewart. In the Stewart crash, investigators concluded that crew members were incapacitated because they didn't obtain oxygen when the cabin lost pressure.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-08-16 11:18|| 2005-08-16 11:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Didn't the latest crash indicate that some passengers were frozen and that the pilot and copilot were slumped over? Maybe I'm off here but it sounds similar.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-08-16 13:03|| 2005-08-16 13:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Latest coroner reports say that most passengers were still alive (read heart and lungs working) when the plane hit ground.

That would exclude frozen bodies. You can't have it both ways.

The SMS about the "freezing" were fake.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-08-16 13:28|| 2005-08-16 13:28|| Front Page Top

#8 Update: Pilot 'alive when plane crashed'

Posted by Rafael 2005-08-16 14:39|| 2005-08-16 14:39|| Front Page Top

#9 The Payne Stewart crash was sudden decompression. This was definitely not sudden decompression (despite the media speculation). Its either carbon monoxide in the AC or deliberate poisoning. I'll wager the authorities know already and the fact they haven't announced says its poisoning.

Posted by phil_b 2005-08-16 15:56|| 2005-08-16 15:56|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm getting burned out with all the speculation. I think I will wait on National Geographic's "Moments from Disaster" episode to come out. If anybody can solve this disaster, its the "Big Bang" theorists at NG.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-16 16:08|| 2005-08-16 16:08|| Front Page Top

#11 BTW, the media is reporting it will take 2 weeks to do the toxicology tests. That's complete BS. Testing for poisons (non-biological) should only take a few hours at most. The authorities will know by now, if they were poisoned and by what.

Posted by phil_b 2005-08-16 20:26|| 2005-08-16 20:26|| Front Page Top

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