Sophia Befon had studied music for years
Written by ABC AUDIO on October 8, 2022
The doctor who lost her life in 2001 with 4 other crew members in an EKAV helicopter crash.
On October 8, 2017 , the mayor of Palaio Faliro, Dionysis Hatzidakis , inaugurated the area’s indoor stadium, naming it “Sofia Befon”. Sophia Befon was a fighting doctor who showed unparalleled zeal for her work and offered her help to many people.
He was born in 1966 and studied at the Medical School of the Democritus University of Thrace and later at the Kapodistrian University of Athens . Knowing the sense of responsibility that the industry has, she chose to specialize in the specialty of anesthesiology.
On January 14, the SX-XOT helicopter of EKAV fell into the sea of Souni, having returned from Patmos to transport a patient, Agapitos Varkadou , with a heart attack. The crew consisted of the skipper Antonio Vacari , the co -skipper Panagiotis Katavelis , the nurse Giorgos Lebentzonis and the doctor Sofia Befon.
He had first made a stopover at Mykonos for resupply, however the weather conditions were very bad. After contacting the Helitalia Operations Office assistant , it was agreed that the helicopter would land in Syros, but after receiving the weather report received by the captain from Mykonos airport, he decided to continue his flight to Athens.
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This was also the fatal mistake…
While approaching Athens , the Approach Controller at Hellinikon Airport informed the pilot of the helicopter to head to Aegina, but then it disappeared from radar. Due to the bad weather, the helicopter crashed heavily into the sea surface and the five members died instantly.
Its wreckage was found five days later, off the coast of Souni , while of the five passengers, only the body of Sofia Befon was found, two months after the accident. On March 18, 2001, fishermen found the body of Sofia Befon on the beach of Balos in Chania.
According to the report , the helicopter veered to the left and crashed heavily into the sea surface. The rear of the helicopter detached, the cabin disintegrated and sank immediately.
It was mentioned by the committee that the air traffic controller of Mykonos airport sent the helicopter captain a previous weather report. According to this visibility was over 7km but the last weather report (which was not transmitted) said visibility was only 1km. Based on the finding , not even the Athens airport controller informed the Governor about the worsening weather conditions around the Elliniko area.
Sophia Befon had studied music for years, but had decided to pursue medicine, which she loved. She had even chosen the specialty of anesthesiologist. She had worked at the People’s Hospital and the Aretaiio, however she wanted to focus on emergencies as an emergency room doctor.
