Pain of Helios air disaster ‘not forgotten’, Tsolaki says

The pain caused by the 2005 Helios air disaster has not been forgotten, Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki said on Sunday, as she attended a memorial service to mark the tragedy’s 21st anniversary.

“August 14, 2005 was one of the darkest days in the modern history of Cyprus, when a journey which began as an ordinary flight turned into an unspeakable tragedy,” she said, before stressing that the pain of those who lost loved ones in the tragedy “is not private and not forgotten, but is part of the...