Compare & Contrast NYC and Greek Air Crashes

[Andrew Johnson]

Seeing as the Greeks are noted for them being "laid back", this is another comparison. I make it 48 minutes between loss of comms to plane and scrambling 2 jets, 1hr 13 minutes between loss of comms and scrambled jets seeing the plane. But of course procedures have been "tightened up" now... after being slackened following the Payne Stewart crash, of course
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050814/ap_on_re_eu/greec e_plane_crash_timeline_1


Timeline of Plane Crash in Greece By the Associated Press
Sun Aug 14, 4:33 PM ET

ATHENS, Greece - A timeline of events leading up to the crash Sunday of a Cypriot airliner in Greece, as released by the Greek government. All 121 people aboard were killed.


9:00 a.m. — Helios Airlines Flight ZU522, a Boeing 737 carrying 115 passengers and six crew members, takes off from Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus, heading for Prague, Czech Republic, with a stopover in Athens.

9:37 a.m. — Plane enters Greek air space, identified by Greece's Civil Aviation Authority.

10:07 a.m. — Control tower at Athens International Airport unable to establish communication with the plane.

10:20 a.m — Air traffic controllers notify Cypriot counterparts who say plane reported a problem with air-conditioning system before entering Greek airspace.

10:25 a.m. — Greek Civil Aviation Authority notifies Defense Ministry's national search and rescue center.

10:30 a.m. — Defense ministry issues a Renegade alert, standard aviation procedure when planes fail to respond to control tower.

10:55 a.m. — Two F-16 fighter jets scramble to locate airliner.

11:20 a.m. — Fighter jets make visual contact with airliner over Aegean island of Kea, but unable to communicate with pilots.

11:25 a.m. — Fighter jets approach plane, report that co-pilot appears unconscious, other pilot not in cockpit, oxygen masks dangling inside cabin.

12:05 p.m. — Airliner crashes near town of Grammatiko, about 25 miles north of Athens.