Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash Near Athens, Greece on August 14, 2005
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 28, 2007No. 06 C 3439PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDBERG, District Judge.
STATEMENT
I.Background
On August 14, 2005, Helios Airways (“Helios”) Flight 522 took off from Cyprus. The flight was to stop in Athens, Greece, prior to continuing to its ultimate destination of Prague, Czech Republic. During the flight to Athens, the airplane, a Boeing 737-300, failed to pressurize. As a result of the failure to pressurize, the pilots were either rendered unconscious or killed. The airplane crashed near Athens, and all of the 121 crew members and passengers were killed.
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