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| A series of human errors caused Cyprus's worst airline disaster, a Greek inquiry report has concluded. | A series of human errors caused Cyprus's worst airline disaster, a Greek inquiry report has concluded. |
| The Cypriot Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 crashed near Athens in August 2005, killing all 121 people on board. | The Cypriot Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 crashed near Athens in August 2005, killing all 121 people on board. |
| The flight from Larnaca to Prague flew on autopilot for nearly two hours before running out of fuel and slamming into a hillside. | The flight from Larnaca to Prague flew on autopilot for nearly two hours before running out of fuel and slamming into a hillside. |
| The report said the pilots misread instruments regulating cabin pressure and misinterpreted a warning signal. | The report said the pilots misread instruments regulating cabin pressure and misinterpreted a warning signal. |
| Maintenance officials on the ground were also blamed for leaving pressure controls on an incorrect setting. | |
| Two Greek air force fighter jets were scrambled when the plane lost radio contact. | |
| Their flight crew saw the Boeing's pilots slumped over the controls and a flight attendant struggling to control the aircraft before it crashed. |