A San Diego jury has awarded more than $55 million in a California wrongful death lawsuit filed by the families of four U.S. Marines killed after their helicopter struck a utility tower at Camp Pendleton. According to a Sept. 3 article in the San Diego Union-Tribune, jurors decided that San…
Officials believe a San Francisco helicopter crash has killed eight firefighters and one pilot involved in battling a wildfire in Northern California. According to an Associated Press news report, the Sikorsky S-61N helicopter was destroyed after it crashed in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Officials have still not been able to…
A Flagstaff, Arizona aircraft accident about 130 miles north of Phoenix, between two Bell 407 medical helicopters has killed six people and seriously injured a nurse, according to a report in The Examiner.com. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairman Mark Rosenker stated this was the ninth accident this year…
A Catalina Island helicopter crash has claimed the life of Emeric Maillet, a 33-year-old pilot and two passengers while seriously injuring the remaining three passengers. According to a recent KTLA news report, the Eurocopter AS-350, operated by Island Express, went down near the Banning House lodge at Two Harbors. Tania…