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| Date: | Sunday 14 January 2001 |
| Time: | 16:24 LT |
| Type: |  Agusta A109E Power |
| Owner/operator: | Ethniko Kentro Amesis Boithias (EKAB)/Helitalia |
| Registration: | SX-HDT |
| MSN: | 11066 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sea area 7 nm S of Sounio Sea -
 Greece
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Patmos Island |
| LGAT | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIASB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter of the National Center for Emergency Care (EKAV), call sign EKAV2, undertook a mission to airlift a patient from the island of Patmos to Athens. According to the submitted flight plan, the route to be followed was Athens–Patmos–Athens. After the helicopter landed on Patmos, a telephone communication between the helicopter crew and the assistant at Helitalia's Operations Office resulted in an agreement for the helicopter to land in Syros due to deteriorating weather conditions in Athens.
After taking off from Patmos and receiving the latest weather update for Athens from Mykonos Airport, the helicopter’s Captain decided to proceed toward Athens, despite particularly adverse weather conditions within a 20-nautical-mile radius of Elliniko Airport. At a distance of 7 nautical miles south of Sounio, and while the Captain had been instructed by the Approach Controller at Elliniko Airport to head toward Aegina, the helicopter disappeared from the Approach Radar screen without any communication.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=1641178
https://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=618229
http://aaiasb.gr/en/aaiasb-reports/2002-reports/160-052002.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2008 11:55 | nikitas | Added |
| 13-Aug-2008 00:16 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 27-Jan-2010 09:55 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, ] |
| 27-Jan-2013 13:16 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Mar-2013 10:15 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Mar-2013 10:27 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Aug-2014 18:37 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Source, ] |
| 20-Apr-2017 13:30 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 14-Dec-2024 12:59 | ASN | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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