Suing a foreign manufacturer in state court can be a dicey proposition. But chalk one up for the personal injury attorneys because a French aerospace manufacturer will have to answer in Illinois state court for its alleged role in a fatal helicopter crash.
MIAMI - A surgeon and technician from a Mayo Clinic in Florida flying across the northern corner of the state to retrieve a heart for transplant died Monday in a helicopter crash that also killed the pilot, officials said. The helicopter departed the clinic in Jacksonville around 5:45 a.m. but never arrived at the Gainesville hospital, Shands at University of Florida, about 60 miles to the southwest, said Kathy Barbour, a spokeswoman for Mayo, which is based in Rochester, Minn.
A television cameraman died Monday at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown from complications of injuries he sustained in a helicopter crash in Indiana Borough. Greg Jacobsen, 33, of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, died of respiratory failure about 7 a.m. in the intensive care unit after suffering multiple internal injuries in the crash, Cambria County Coroner Dennis Kwiatkowski said.
A National Transportation Safety Board report on a helicopter crash near Santa Fe that killed a state police pilot and a passenger raises disquieting questions about the pilot's qualifications to fly the mission and decisions made during the fatal attempt to rescue a hiker. While a final determination of the
Military launches investigation WASHINGTON -- The military has opened an investigation into Saturday's devastating helicopter crash in Afghanistan that killed 30 U.S. troops and eight Afghans. Pentagon officials would not discuss the details of the probe, but it will no doubt address a host of questions surrounding the crash, including a look at the insurgent threat and the instructions given to the special operations team crowded into the Chinook helicopter as it raced to assist other U.S. forces. According to officials, the team was flying in to help U.S. Army Rangers who were going after insurgents on the ground. Seven Afghan commandos and an Afghan interpreter were also on board. The helicopter apparently was shot down by an insurgent armed with a rocket-propelled grenade. It was t...
JUNEAU, Alaska - More than a year had passed since the U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crash off Washington state killed three of Lt. Lance Leone's colleagues. The sole survivor and co-pilot, Leone had recovered from his injuries and been cleared, his father said, for flight re-training.
NEW YORK - A helicopter carrying five people on a private tour for a birthday celebration sputtered and crashed into the East River on Tuesday afternoon shortly after takeoff from a riverbank heliport, killing one passenger and injuring three others. The victim, visiting the city with her family to celebrate her 40th birthday, apparently was trapped inside as the chopper sank about 50 feet below the surface of the swift-moving water, police said. New York Police Department divers pulled her from the water about 90 minutes after the Bell 206 Jet Ranger went down at around 3 p.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
MEXICO CITY - The country's top Cabinet secretary, Francisco Blake Mora, a key figure in Mexico's battle with drug cartels, died Friday in a helicopter crash that President Felipe Calderon said was probably an accident. Blake Mora, 45, was the second interior minister, the No. 2 post in the government, to die in an air crash during Calderon's administration.
The mother of a teenager killed in a helicopter accident has filed suit against the Federal Aviation Administration alleging air traffic control negligence. Stephanie Younger sued the FAA after her daughter, Ashley Younger, 17, was killed when the Trooper 2 medevac helicopter crashed in District Heights, Md., in September 2008. The pilot, a paramedic and a field provider also died in the crash. One passenger survived the accident.
AURORA, Ill. - An infant being flown to a hospital died in a fiery helicopter crash with three crew members when the aircraft clipped a radio tower wire and went down in a suburban Chicago field, authorities said Thursday. Federal authorities said they were investigating whether the tower's lights were on at the time of the fatal crash minutes before midnight Wednesday - the sixth involving medical helicopters in the U.S. this year. Meanwhile, about 1,000 people who live near the 734- foot tower were advised to leave their homes because of damage to the structure.
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