Re: Indications of Intelligent Design
Helios Airways Flight 522
Helios Airways Flight 522 (HCY 522 or ZU522) was a Helios Airways Boeing 737-31S flight that crashed on August 14, 2005 at 12:04 EEST into a mountain north of Marathon and Varnavas, Greece. Rescue teams located wreckage near the community of Grammatiko 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Athens. All 121 ( 11 times 11/ Dutch) people on board were killed–the highest death toll for an aviation accident in 2005 until the West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 in Venezuela just two days later.
Flight and crash
The flight, which left Larnaca, Cyprus at 09:07 local time, was en route to Athens, and was scheduled to continue to Prague. After the flight failed to contact air traffic control upon entering Greek air space, two F-16 fighter aircraft from the Hellenic Air Force 111th Combat Wing were scrambled from Nea Anchialos Air Base to establish visual contact. They noted that the aircraft appeared to be on autopilot. In accord with the rules for handling "renegade" aircraft incidents (where the aircraft is not under the pilots' control), one fighter approached to within 300 feet (100 m) of the ill-fated aircraft. The fighter pilot saw that the first officer was slumped motionless on the controls, and that the captain was not in the cockpit. Oxygen masks were seen dangling in the cabin.
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Timeline
All times EEST (UTC + 3h because Greece and Cyprus were on daylight saving time)
09:00 Scheduled departure time.
09:07 Aircraft takes off from Larnaca airport.
09:11 Pilots report "air conditioning" problem.
09:15 The aircraft's flight data recorder registers an alarm at 14,000 feet (4,300 m).
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autopilot.........
Synonym of 'automatic pilot' : Pheidippides
http://foyz.com/thesaurus/word/automatic+pilot/
Marathon History
The idea of the marathon was inspired by the legend of Pheidippides, a professional runner who is believed to have carried the news of the Greek victory over the Persians in the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. On arriving in Athens, Pheidippides shouted, "Rejoice, we conquer!" and then dropped dead of exhaustion.
http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/feb/11history.htm
so again I ask, are we about to create the myths of our past?
Mel Gibson / Signs
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