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Geopolitics.com.gr Γράφει ο Δημήτριος Σουκέρας 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 Geopolitics.com.gr all rights reserved 2014 is Page 41