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The trial of four people charged in connection with a plane crash in 2005 is scheduled to resume in Nicosia. The craft from the now-defunct Helios Airways was travelling from Larcarna, Cyprus, to Prague, when it crashed north of Athens on 14 August 2005. It killed all 121 people on board, and was described as 'Cyprus's worst air disaster'. The four people beign tried are charged with manslaughter and causing death through a reckless, careless and dangerous act. Under Cyprus law, manslaughter can lead to a maximum life sentence while causing death through negligence or reckless behaviour carries a four-year sentence.A court in Cyprus has begun the trial of defunct airline Helios and four managers over an air disaster in Greece. The five are facing a total of 1,190 charges after Flight 522 went down near Athens in 2005, killing 121 people.All defendants entered not guilty pleas, and are alleged by prosecutors to have operated their business in an unsafe manner. It is alleged that the flight should never have been allowed to take off. As well as the company, executive chairman Andreas Drakos, managing director Demetris Pantazis, operations manager George Kikkides and head pilot Ianko Stoimenov will face a full trial when proceedings are resumed on November 27. They will return to the Nicosia court then. The charges include manslaughter and causing death via a careless act.The unresponsive Boeing 737, supposed to be flying between Lanarca to Prague, had entered Greek airspace, where it was intercepted by two F-16 fighter jets on August 14, 2005. The F-16 pilots reported the airliner's pilots were slumped over the controls. After flying on autopilot for two hours the aircraft crashed near Athens despite the efforts of a flight attendant, who was training to become a pilot, to take control and save the jet. Click here for more information on this story.

 

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