Helios-Maschine musste umdrehen

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Schon wieder Probleme mit dem Luftdruck

Helios-Maschine musste umdrehen

LARNAKA (Zypern) – Hat die Billigfluglinie Helios nichts gelernt aus der Katastrophe bei Athen? Sie musste heute einen Flug abbrechen – wegen technischen Problemen.

Der Flug hätte von Larnaka nach Dublin gehen sollen. Hätte. Denn kurz nach dem Abheben hiess es zurück zum Start. Die Boeing 737-800 musste die Reise wegen Problemen mit dem Luftdrucksystem und der Klimaanlage abbrechen und wieder in Larnaka landen.

 

Vielleicht hatten die 139 Passagiere und 7 Besatzungsmitglieder riesiges Glück. Denn gemäss dem aktuellen Stand der Ermittlungen führten Probleme mit der Klimaanlage und dem Druckausgleichsystem am 14. August zum Absturz einer Helios-Maschine. Wegen akuten Sauerstoffmangels waren die Piloten ohnmächtig geworden. Damals kamen 121 Menschen ums Leben.

 

Vielleicht war der Zwischenfall aber auch harmlos. Seit dem Unglück im August seien die Fluggesellschaften besonders wachsam, wenn es um Störungen bei Luftdruck und Klimaanlagen gehe, berichtete der zyprische Rundfunk.

 

Die gestrandeten Passagiere sollten später mit einer anderen Maschine weiterfliegen, hiess es.

 

Quelle: blick.ch

[viasa]

Typischer Blick Artikel...

 

Immerhin haben die geschrieben, dass dieser Zwischenfall möglicherweise auch harmlos war. Ich denke, dass die zwei B737-800 technisch nun in bester Verfassung sind, zumal die ja bei SAS einen längeren Check hatten (ausserplanmässig).

[Jubilee]

Helios wird so schnell nicht aus den Schlagzielen kommen.

Wiederholt kam es zu einem weiteren Vorfall.

 

Air trouble for Helios fight

 

A HELIOS Airways aircraft to Glasgow with 184 people on board returned to Cyprus overnight after reporting a technical problem, the second such incident in the last few days, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) said.

 

 

EDIT: eine weitere Text

NICOSIA - Aviation authorities in Cyprus may indefinitely ground a Boeing aircraft run by private operator Helios Airways after two flights were turned back in recent days, officials said on Monday.

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“The communications ministry will look at the situation today. It is not a matter of revoking (Helios’s) licence, but to take a decision on that one particular aircraft involved in the two incidents,” a senior communications ministry official told Reuters.

 

A Helios spokesman described the problem as minor, but said the aircraft was undergoing checks by Boeing engineers and would not enter service until rectified.

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In separate comments to Politis newspaper, transport minister Haris Thrassou said authorities would “ground the Helios fleet if required”. The carrier operates two Boeings and a leased Airbus.

 

A problem with a valve distributing air from an engine of a Boeing 737-800 forced the London Heathrow bound aircraft to return to Larnaca on Friday with 139 people on board.

 

A similar scenario was repeated on the same aircraft on Sunday, when a Glasgow flight with 184 people turned back.

 

”This has nothing to do with decompression, or air supply to the cabin. The aircraft could have continued flying without problems. It was the decision of the captain to turn back,” said Anastassiades.

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In the wake of the Aug 14 crash, it sent its two remaining Boeing 737s to Sweden for checks and said they got the all-clear. The airline has a leased Airbus which does not carry the company logo.

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Nun kann sich Helios endgültig sichern sein, dass sie mit Argusaugen beobachtet werden.

[Jubilee]

Kurz zusammengefaßt, die betroffene 738 ist 'sicher' und darf wieder in die Luft.

 

Helios aircraft cleared after Cyprus glitch

 

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot aviation authorities briefly grounded a Boeing run by Helios Airways for safety checks on Monday after the plane carrying British tourists had to turn back twice with technical problems.

 

The aborted flights to London and Glasgow on Friday and Sunday highlighted increased sensitivity over airline safety since a Helios Boeing 737 crashed into a hillside north of Athens on Aug 14, killing all 121 people on board.

 

On one flight to London Heathrow on Friday and another to Glasgow on Sunday, controls on the Boeing 737-800 displayed a fault with a valve supplying air to non-passenger related parts of the aircraft.

 

The company said the malfunction did not endanger the flights, but the pilot in each case decided to return to Cyprus.

 

The valve was replaced on Monday and the aircraft underwent checks by Boeing engineers and Cypriot aviation authorities. A test flight verified the aircraft was safe, and it resumed flights on Monday afternoon, the airline said.

 

Helios grounded the aircraft before orders came from the transport ministry, but the incidents have redirected official scrutiny to operations of the low-cost carrier.

 

"Recent forced landings are worrying, particularly in the case of Helios taking into account its small fleet," said Transport Minister Haris Thrassou. He said authorities would also check practices in Helios's engineering department.

 

Helios has two Boeing 737-800s and a leased Airbus.

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In the wake of the Aug 14 crash, it sent its two remaining Boeing 737s to Sweden for checks and said they got the all-clear.

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Ich denke schon, daß sie gelernt haben. Sie sind ja gleich wieder gelandet als die Probleme auftraten. Im übrigen treten technische Probleme nicht immer am Boden auf, nur merkt es eben die Presse dann, wenn jemand umkehrt. Nicht aber, wenn man Probleme am Boden hat und sie behebt, weil der Flieger ja sowieso am Boden ist :-)

[Jubilee]

HELIOS kann einem so langsam schon fast Leid tun.

Auf jeden Fall besser so, einmal mehr zurückkehren als gar nicht mehr. Ich überleg mir aber dennoch mit HELIOS nächstes Jahr nach LCA zu fliegen... Mal schaun.

 

Helios flight aborted due to glitch

NICOSIA — A Helios Airways plane flying from Cyprus to Birmingham in Britain interrupted its flight and returned to Larnaca yesterday after indications of a technical fault flashed on its controls, the airline said.

 

It was the privately-owned budget carrier’s third aborted flight this month.

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The Boeing 737-800 which flew out of Cyprus yesterday with 189 passengers safely returned to Larnaca where it underwent checks. “It was a precautionary move by the pilot after a warning flashed on the panels of a possible technical fault in one of the systems,” Helios said.

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The company insisted the problem did not jeopardise the safety of either flight, but the plane was grounded briefly by Cypriot authorities until they were satisfied the problem had been solved.

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