An assessment that the fire department was “rested” and did not provide continuous aerial surveillance of the fire in Eastern Attica forensic expert Dimitris Liotsios spoke in court on the case fire in the eyes.

The witness, during today’s ninth day of his testimony, answered questions from the defense of the accused, former fire chief Sotiris Terzudis, regarding the issue air means which have been highlighted.

As expert witness D. Liotsios testified, the day before the deadly fire, the ESKE request was not sent in time to the General Aviation Headquarters to observe Attica from the air due to weather conditions and danger due to strong winds. So, on July 23, 2018, GEA ordered that the flying club plane was finally monitored, which flew twice in the afternoon and before the Dow fire broke out.

As a witness said today, the fire department rested and did not send a new request for a PEP attemptwhich was available for that reason, which could convey an image of the situation.