Memorial to "The Five" 10th July

[Mrblobby]

The Bell 206 helicopter crashed on July 10th 2002 killing five military passengers. The memorial is dedicated to the Lieutenant General Evaghelos Florakis (Ευάγγελος Φλωράκης) Chief of National Guard; to Stylianos Demenayas (Στυλιανός Δεμέναγας) ΔΑ/ΓΕΕΦ Commander; to Squadron Leader Paris Athanasiadis (Πάρις Αθανασιάδης); to Lieutenant Nikolas Georgiou (Νικόλας Γεωργίου); and to the First Lieutenant Michalis Siakallis (Μιχάλης Σιακαλλής).

The memorial was commissioned by the private committee for the Kouklia officers’ commemoration, the Kouklia Community, the Pan-Hellenic Special Forces Federation and the Commandos Cypriot Association. The unveiling took place on July 6th 2003.

[LouiseCastricum]

Thanks for sharing. I do remember this tragic accident.

[Dominic]

We visited there a couple of years ago, because there is a geocache nearby. It is a lovely, peaceful memorial.

[Miyagi]

I came across the memorial by accidental a few weeks ago and wonder what it's about. The gate was firmly locked at the time.

Thanks for the info.

[Dominic]

I came across the memorial by accidental a few weeks ago and wonder what it's about. The gate was firmly locked at the time.

Thanks for the info.

That was some accident! It is fairly remote.

[Dominic]

That was some accident! It is fairly remote.

Not too remote for the people of Kouklia, Dominic, nor for the families involved.

You misunderstood what I meant. The accident I was referring to is the person who said they found the monument by accident.

I have added a quote to my post to make it clearer, because otherwise it would be rather insensitive.

[Kili01]

Yes, I was here at the time when this accident happened. It happened at night as the helicopter was transporting some senior officer home after some sort of event.
Seems the pilot may have flown into power lines or some such...

Dee

[PaphosAL]

They have red lights on pylon cables to stop geese and ducks flying into them in some areas.

But not near me, by J11 M1, with a main north to south pylon system running on my side of the M1. And the main L&D A&E Hospital just the other side of the pylons, less than a mile south of me.

Quite often, we get the Air Ambulance (and huge military) helicopters coming in to the hospital (or rather, a local junior school playing field, where an ambulance is waiting for the last half mile journey to A&E...)

How these helicopter pilots dodge those pylon cables beggars belief in my mind!!

Cheers- AL