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Μέλος της ISASI (International Society of Air Safety Investigators)
Tripod Incident Methodology
(Risk & Disaster Management)
A TRIPOD VIEW OF HELIOS ACCIDENT
HELIOS accident, a catastrophic event
that claimed 121 souls onboard a Boeing
737/300 heading to Athens, occurred back in time on August 14 th 2005 but still, from time to time,
attracts International Media interest, as the whole story is thought to be shrouded by a veil of mystery
and undisclosed details. According to the official final accident report, prepared and released by the
Greek AAIASB, this tragedy was directly attributed to human error ; an estimation supported by the
application of HFACS model for the investigation of this accident. Nowadays, there might still be a call
for attempting to shed additional light to such a complex accident, as it is widely thought that more
discoveries
are waiting to come into light.
While in prehistory years, in Greek Mythology only Ariadne was thought to have been the expert in
labyrinths, today many others, among them,
air accident investigators, might also encapsulate the
art of “applying thread”, as a means of finding their way out from a difficult to solve situation, like an
aviation accident. In this scenario perhaps, it is most important to share a new viewpoint, by applying
another form of methodology in order to interpret this accident. In this occasion TRIPOD Beta
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