Helios Flight 522: How a Single Switch Killed 121 Passengers

On the 14th August, 2005, Helios Airways Flight 522 collided with mountainside due to fuel deprivation, making it one of the worst airplane disasters in European history. Let’s look at how it happened. Sources/notes: (links to public Patreon post) Support this channel: ✦ With special thanks ✦ Tasos Fotakis, for the Helios Crash Site Memorial footage: 11Aviation, for allowing me to use their own private footage of the crash: Mentour Pilot, one of best technical explanations from a pilot’s perspective: Lefkosv, for the F-16 voiceover () Jesse, for very meticulously and patiently recreating the accident in XPlane 11 () ✦ Disclaimer ✦ These videos are for educational purposes. All images and video footage used is credited within the video but copyright remains with the original owners. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. ✦ Chapters ✦ 00:00 Intro 01:25 A Loud Banging Noise 03:49 A Catastrophic Chain of Events 09:20 Hypoxia 11:50 Panic on the Ground 13:38 A Man in a Blue Vest 16:23 May Day 19:19 Ghosts on the Plane