{"id":6330,"date":"2025-04-09T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/papadimitriou-rejects-inconsistency-claims-in-first-comments-after-resignation\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:04:56","slug":"papadimitriou-rejects-inconsistency-claims-in-first-comments-after-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/papadimitriou-rejects-inconsistency-claims-in-first-comments-after-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Papadimitriou rejects inconsistency claims in first comments after resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1266559\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/xristos-papadimitriou_intime-320x200.jpg?v=1744217154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/xristos-papadimitriou_intime.jpg?v=1744217154\" alt=\"Papadimitriou rejects inconsistency claims in first comments after resignation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/xristos-papadimitriou_intime-960x600.jpg?v=1744217154\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[InTime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Former Deputy Chairman of the Hellenic Air and Rail Accident Investigation Authority (HARSIA) Christos Papadimitriou rejected accusations of inconsistency regarding his statements on the fireball cause of the deadly train crash in Tempe, which killed 57 people.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with ALPHA TV, Papadimitriou, who resigned for \u201cpersonal integrity and family reasons,\u201d defended his actions, stating he had done \u201ceverything possible\u201d to uncover the truth. He also revealed receiving threatening messages in his car for two consecutive days but chose not to report them to the police.<\/p>\n<p>Papadimitriou responded to criticism from Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis, who had accused him of wavering on the fireball issue. \u201cI was accused of vacillation when two top universities, cited by the investigation team and ERA experts, withdrew their support for the report,\u201d he said. \u201cI am legally obligated to respect their request to remove their backing, but I\u2019m the one accused of vacillation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Papadimitriou also proposed creating an interdisciplinary committee of leading Greek university professors to reach a scientifically sound conclusion on the incident.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1266559\/papadimitriou-rejects-inconsistency-claims-in-first-comments-after-resignation\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[InTime News] Former Deputy Chairman of the Hellenic Air and Rail Accident Investigation Authority (HARSIA) Christos Papadimitriou rejected accusations of inconsistency regarding his statements on the fireball cause of the deadly train crash in Tempe, which killed 57 people. 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