The Tragedy of Helios Flight 522
Black Box Down
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Helios airway flight five two two aboing seven 37, with a hundred 21 people on board. The pilots hear what they believe is a take off configuration warning alarm. Fighter pilots intercept the plane and see oxygen masks deployed in the cabin but no movement at all in the cockpit. They see the first officer slumped in his seat and what appears to be an unknown person sitting in the captain's seat. Plane eventually banks to the left, descends and impacts the ground, leaving no survivors.
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