Comments on: What really happened with the flight 552 of Helios Airways http://airclicks.net/2005/09/08/what_really_happened_with_the_flight_552/ The boarding gate to your favourite destination. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:08:03 +0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Christos http://airclicks.net/2005/09/08/what_really_happened_with_the_flight_552/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Christos Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:30:10 +0000 #comment-39 Just for precison, English is a de facto language on Cyprus, and 90% of Greek Cypriots are fluent in English. Certainly the entire Air Traffic control staff in Greece and the Greek FIR is also fluent in English as this is the language of aviation. I don't know about the German pilot, but the idea of any language difficultyr probably reflects an AFP reporter's lack of knowledge more than any truth. Just for precison, English is a de facto language on Cyprus, and 90% of Greek Cypriots are fluent in English. Certainly the entire Air Traffic control staff in Greece and the Greek FIR is also fluent in English as this is the language of aviation.

I don’t know about the German pilot, but the idea of any language difficultyr probably reflects an AFP reporter’s lack of knowledge more than any truth.

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