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Cypriot police raid Helios Airways offices
Reuters ^ | 8-15-2005

Posted on 08/15/2005 11:55:15 AM PDT by NilesJo

Cypriot police raid Helios Airways offices

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot police on Monday raided the Nicosia offices of Helios Airways, owners of the Boeing 737 that crashed in Greece a day earlier killing all 121 people on board, a government spokesman said.

"After allegations brought by the Communications and Works Minister and the chief of police, the attorney general issued search warrants for the central offices of Helios to collect documents and other evidence that might be useful in a possible criminal investigation," spokesman Marios Karoyan told Reuters.

Cypriot communications and works minister Haris Thrasou also oversees transport, including civil aviation.

Attorney General Petros Clerides told Reuters the raids were in progress. "The search warrants have been executed," he said.

Helios, Cyprus's first private carrier, established in 1999, mainly flies holiday makers to Athens, Greek islands, Dublin, Sofia, Warsaw, Prague, Strasbourg and several British airports using Boeing B737 aircraft.

Libra Holidays Group, one of Britain's leading independent holiday tour operators, bought Helios in November 2004.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airline; crash; cypriot; helios; heliosairways; probe; raid
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1 posted on 08/15/2005 11:55:15 AM PDT by NilesJo
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To: NilesJo

They're in the business of making money, can't have pesky saftey issues floating around.


2 posted on 08/15/2005 11:56:46 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: NilesJo

Who are the polics and what are they doing?


Sorry. Couldn't resist.


3 posted on 08/15/2005 11:56:52 AM PDT by eyespysomething (Refill with only real Kikkoman Soy Sauce)
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To: NilesJo

IOW, this was a "preservation" raid.


4 posted on 08/15/2005 11:57:10 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: NilesJo

Things that make you go "Hmmmnnn..."


5 posted on 08/15/2005 11:57:27 AM PDT by badbass
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To: NilesJo

Looks like Admiralty law doesn't apply.


6 posted on 08/15/2005 11:58:20 AM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and open the Land Office)
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To: NilesJo
After allegations brought by the Communications and Works Minister and the chief of police, the attorney general issued search warrants for the central offices of Helios to collect documents and other evidence that might be useful in a possible criminal investigation," spokesman Marios Karoyan told Reuters.

What are the allegations?

7 posted on 08/15/2005 11:58:32 AM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: cripplecreek
They're in the business of making money, can't have pesky saftey issues floating around.

Plane crashes aren't good for business. Look at Pan Am. If they skimped on safety for the sake of $$$, then they are poor businessmen.

8 posted on 08/15/2005 11:59:18 AM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: Rodney King
What are the allegations?

They're stated in a number of the previous threads but in summation it seems to be that for this airline there have been repeated previous complaints by passengers on this airline about circulation problems in the cabin, it being very cold, etc.

9 posted on 08/15/2005 12:00:24 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Rodney King

From what I heard on FOX there have been some allegations that complaints about the safety of that type of plane may have been ignored.


10 posted on 08/15/2005 12:00:32 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: badbass; NilesJo
?.....this has NOTHING to do with the...."INS"........move on.....

/extreme sarcasm

11 posted on 08/15/2005 12:01:45 PM PDT by maestro
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To: Rodney King

I dont think PanAM had an inkling a bunch of savages from Libya were going to take down their plane over Lockerbie!


12 posted on 08/15/2005 12:02:29 PM PDT by Jazzman1
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To: RightWhale

At least...


13 posted on 08/15/2005 12:02:34 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: Rodney King
>If they skimped on safety for the sake of $$$, then they are poor businessmen

Skimping on safety
and having an accident
isn't bad business

in the modern world,
it just makes the businessmen
unlucky gamblers.

14 posted on 08/15/2005 12:02:45 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: cripplecreek
Sounds like they were cutting corners on the maintenance dollars.
15 posted on 08/15/2005 12:03:39 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: RightWhale; badbass; NilesJo
UR# 6.....LOL

....................hitlery calling the 'ACLU'......LOL

16 posted on 08/15/2005 12:04:06 PM PDT by maestro
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To: maestro

Hey maestro, what was that brainwashing hypnotic rant you did a couple days ago...it was hilarious. It was something about libs and at the end you said move on...nothing to see here.

Could you freepmail it to me? Please.....?


17 posted on 08/15/2005 12:04:24 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: cripplecreek

On Cyprus, several callers to radio and TV programs said they experienced severe air-conditioning problems on Helios jets in recent months, AP reported.

Some callers said the cabin was freezing and the crew provided blankets, while others said it became unbearably hot.
Refusing to fly

Greek state television quoted the Cyprus transport minister as saying the plane had decompression problems in the past. But a Helios representative said the plane had "no problems and was serviced just last week," according to AP.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/15/greece.crash/


18 posted on 08/15/2005 12:04:49 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: AliVeritas
No!

I'm a continuous,....'Senior Moment'.....

:-)

19 posted on 08/15/2005 12:06:40 PM PDT by maestro
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To: Jazzman1

Oh, I didn't mean to suggest that Pan Am was at fault, but they are representative of plane crashes being bad for business.


20 posted on 08/15/2005 12:11:55 PM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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