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On 12th October 1967, Cyprus Airways flight 284 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near the island of Kastellorizo with the loss of all 66 passengers and crew. At the time it was the worst aviation disaster in Cypriot history. The flight, from London Heathrow to Nicosia via Athens, was operated by British European Airways on behalf of Cyprus Airways, using a Comet 4B aircraft, call sign Bealine Charlie Oscar. The subsequent accident investigation is still regarded as a masterpiece of forensic assessment, based on evidence from the very small amount of wreckage recovered.Within hours of the crash, there was much speculation that Charlie Oscar was destroyed in an attempt to assassinate General Georgios Grivas, the former leader of guerrilla forces during the Cyprus Emergency a few years earlier. This speculation continues to this day. The full police and UK Home Office files are still kept out of the public domain until 2040. Officially, the police stated that there was not sufficient evidence to charge anyone with an offence. Even after half a century, the families of the lost passengers and crew were denied the crucial answers to their questions; who killed their loved ones, why, and how did they do so? Aviation writer Simon Hepworth’s book gives, for the first time, a comprehensive account of Charlie Oscar’s last flight, the recovery operation and investigation into the tragedy. Using the documents contained in The National Archives in London, along with other material, it examines what happened during the flight, the recovery operation, the accident investigation and considers the political machinations behind the scenes. With access to new information, from previously-undisclosed documents and witnesses, he pieces together the last moments of the flight and, for the first time, reveals the real motive and alleged perpetrators behind the massacre of the 66. This edition of Bealine Charlie Oscar is updated and contains information obtained since the original edition was launched in October 2018.
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- Title: Bealine Charlie Oscar: The Mystery of Flight CY284
- Author : Simon Hepworth
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