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Helios Airways Flight 522
![Wreckage of the [[Empennage|tail section]] at the crash site](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Photo_of_Helios_Airways_Flight_522_crash_site.jpg)
An investigation into the accident by Greece's Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board (AAIASB) concluded that the crew had failed to notice that the cabin pressurization system was set to "manual" during takeoff checks. A ground engineer had (allegedly) set it to "manual" to conduct testing before the flight, but had forgotten to restore it to "auto" afterward. This configuration was subsequently missed by the crew during their pre-flight checks. This caused the plane to gradually depressurize as it climbed, and resulted in everyone on board suffering from critical hypoxia, resulting in a "ghost flight". The negligent nature of the accident led to lawsuits being filed against Helios Airways and Boeing, with the former also being shut down by the Government of Cyprus the following year. Provided by Wikipedia