Carbon Monoxide not a factor in Cypriot plane crash deaths

The chief Athens coroner today said toxicological tests on the remains of the co-pilot, three flight attendants and two passengers from the crashed Cypriot jetliner showed they were not rendered unconscious by breathing carbon monoxide.

But Fillipos Koutsaftis did not rule out some other substance may have knocked out the crew and passengers before the Boeing 737-300 crashed into a mountainside on Sunday, killing all 121 people on board. He said a few more days were needed to run those toxicological tests.