21st Anniversary of Helios Airways Crash Marked in Cyprus
Cyprus marked the 21st anniversary of the Helios Airways plane crash, which remains the country's biggest peacetime tragedy. The event continues to be remembered, with calls for justice for the victims.
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Helios tragedy marks 21st anniversary
Cyprus marks 21 years on Friday since Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing all 121 people on board, including 22 children and six crew members. On 14 August 2005, the aircraft departed from Larnaca airport, bound for Prague with an intermediate stop in Athens. When the aircraft entered the […]
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It’s been more than two decades but what happened on the fateful morning of August 14th 2005, has remained very much on the frontlines of our collective memory as the island marks the tragic anniversary, eerily coinciding with the 2nd phase of the Turkish invasion which completed the violent de facto situation that the country […]
By Constantinos Tsindas
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