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Helios: 20 years since the plane crash that claimed 121 lives and shook Greece and Cyprus

On August 14, 2005, a Boeing 737-300 crashed in Grammatiko, Attica, killing all 121 people on board. It remains the deadliest aviation accident in the history of Greece and Cyprus. The tragedy was the result of a chain of human errors, inadequate training and supervision, and technical oversights