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Crash victim’s husband sues Air Methods

Crash victim’s husband sues Air Methods

5-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The husband of a female patient killed in recent EMS AS350 crash has filed a lawsuit against operator Air Methods, saying the company took an unnecessary risk by flying with low fuel. Victor Tacoronte’s wife, Terry, and three other people were killed on 26th August when a LifeNet helicopter crashed near Mosby, about 20 miles... Read more

Did helicopter pilot lie in drowning case?

Did helicopter pilot lie in drowning case?

1-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com

A jury is currently deliberating a case in Houston were a Department of Homeland Security pilot stands accused of lying about whether he flew his helicopter low over two would-be illegal immigrants in the Rio Grande in South Texas before one of the men drowned. Surveillance video footage allegedly shows pilot James Peters flying his... Read more

Helicopter pilot accused of attempted murder

Helicopter pilot accused of attempted murder

31-Aug-2011Source: South African Police Service

A helicopter pilot has appeared in the Pretoria magistrate court for flying and crashing a helicopter while his license was suspended. It is alleged that on the 2rd of December last year Rainier Prinsloo, whose license was suspended by the SA Civil Aviation Authority got involved in a helicopter crash at Baltimore in Limpopo. He,... Read more

34 years for shooting at police officers and helicopter

34 years for shooting at police officers and helicopter

31-Aug-2011

A man who stole a San Diego police detective’s guns last year and used them to shoot at Escondido police two days later was sentenced to 34 years to life in prison.  (See full story)... Read more

Ex-State Police Aviation Unit boss allegedly sold GPS

Ex-State Police Aviation Unit boss allegedly sold GPS

15-Aug-2011Source: Times Union

Court records show that Trooper Brian D. Rumrill, of Lake George provided a written statement to State Police investigators on July 14 recounting his purchase of an aviation GPS device from former State Police Maj. Robert U. Kreppein.  (Full story)... Read more

Son of pilot in fatal 2008 R22 accident sues Robinson

Son of pilot in fatal 2008 R22 accident sues Robinson

8-Aug-2011Source: Kitsap Sun

The son of a pilot involved in a fatal R22 accident is suing Robinson alleging the helicopter was out of compliance with certain government regulations and didn’t provide “adequate warnings or instructions” concerning them.  (Full story, but see also the associated comments) The NTSB ruled in October 2009 that Aadland’s engine lost power due to... Read more

Shining lasers at aircraft cockpits made illegal in Illinois

Shining lasers at aircraft cockpits made illegal in Illinois

1-Aug-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Illinois legislators have passed state-level law which will make it illegal to target a laser at the cockpit of an aircraft.  The law was recently signed onto the statute books by Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, as one of a package of new laws to fight crime and protect residents across the state, and will become... Read more

Controversy surrounds R44 acquisition by Philippine National Police

Controversy surrounds R44 acquisition by Philippine National Police

27-Jul-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The Philippine National Police “PNP” have a total of three Robinson R44 helicopters, acquired in 2009.  These consist of two Raven Is and one Raven II, and the PNP believed at the time that they were all being acquired factory-new.  A big national controversy has been raised in recent weeks after it turned out that... Read more

UK: Victim of helicopter debris sues for damages

UK: Victim of helicopter debris sues for damages

26-Jul-2011Source: HeliHub.com

A 21-year old electrician working at Goodwood Airfield has opened a legal process seeking damages after being struck by flying debris from a crashing Robinson R44.  As a result, Sebastian Ward had his leg amputated below the knee.  Mr ward was installing wiring on a new hangar at Goodwood aerodrome when R44 Clipper G-CLPR crashed... Read more

Whistleblower alleges Sikorsky fired him for reporting FAA regulation violations

Whistleblower alleges Sikorsky fired him for reporting FAA regulation violations

25-Jul-2011Source: Katz, Marshall & Banks

On June 28, 2011, David Simmons, a former Quality Assurance Supervisor for Sikorsky Global Helicopters (“SGH”), filed a whistleblower-retaliation charge against SGH, alleging that the company terminated him for complaining about extensive flight-safety issues and noncompliance with Federal Aviation Regulations at SGH’s Keystone Engine Services (“KES”) facility in Coatesville, PA. Simmons filed his complaint with... Read more

Sikorsky loses appeal to move Cougar S92 case to Connecticut

Sikorsky loses appeal to move Cougar S92 case to Connecticut

5-Jul-2011

Aviation manufacturer Sikorsky has lost another court challenge in its attempt to move a lawsuit over the fatal 2009 Cougar Helicopters crash to the U.S.  The company has argued that a pending lawsuit should be heard in Connecticut, where the company is based.  (full story)... Read more

Lawsuit against FEC Heliports alleges pad not designed for sub-zero conditions

Lawsuit against FEC Heliports alleges pad not designed for sub-zero conditions

28-Jun-2011Source: Watertown Daily Times

The general contractor on Samaritan Medical Center’s $61 million expansion has filed suit against a subcontractor who installed a helicopter landing pad, claiming the pad was not designed to withstand conditions resulting from freezing temperatures – see article... Read more

Americans plead guilty to selling helicopter parts to Iran

Americans plead guilty to selling helicopter parts to Iran

27-Jun-2011Source: Sacramento Bee

Michael Edward Todd, 31, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last month to conspiring to illegally export the parts. He is scheduled for sentencing in August.   Hamid “Hank” Seifi, pleaded guilty to that charge and to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Seifi was sentenced to 56 months in prison, followed by three years... Read more

CEO of Life Link III in court on tax charges

CEO of Life Link III in court on tax charges

26-Jun-2011Source: Star Tribune

The CEO of Life Link III, a nonprofit medical transportation consortium run by nine Twin Cities health care organizations, was arrested Thursday at the company’s Minneapolis offices and charged with six felony tax charges.  Richard Carter McComb, 64, was booked into the Hennepin County jail, where his bail was set at $250,000.  More details... Read more

Lansing Community College faculty members and Icon Aviation being investigated over OH-58

Lansing Community College faculty members and Icon Aviation being investigated over OH-58

21-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Lansing Community College’s aviation mechanics program is the centre of an investigation involving a Bell OH-58A Kiowa.  Harry Whitehead, the lead faculty member who ran the aviation program before he was fired last month, allegedly tried to sell the helicopter to a long-time acquaintance two years ago.  He was expecting a running OH-58 in exchange... Read more

Client wants $5M back after EMS helicopter case lawyer admits guilt

Client wants $5M back after EMS helicopter case lawyer admits guilt

16-Jun-2011Source: Times Union

A client of a Texas lawyer who pleaded guilty to helping in a judge’s extortion scheme in Brownsville has sued to recoup more than $5 million in attorney fees.... Read more

Defective Air Angels A109 and wrongful death lawsuit remains in Illinois court

Defective Air Angels A109 and wrongful death lawsuit remains in Illinois court

6-Jun-2011Source: Briskman Briskman & Greenberg

A defective aircraft and wrongful death lawsuit will continue court proceedings in Illinois, ruled the Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District, Sixth Division. Michael Russell flew an emergency medical service helicopter for Air Angels, Inc. throughout Cook County. He died when the aircraft he was piloting crashed. His family subsequently discovered that one of... Read more

FAA to impose civil penalties for pointing lasers into cockpits

FAA to impose civil penalties for pointing lasers into cockpits

3-Jun-2011Source: FAA

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt announced today that the FAA will begin to impose civil penalties against people who point a laser into the cockpit of an aircraft. “Our top priority is protecting the safety of the traveling public. We will not hesitate to take tough action... Read more

Suspicion of sabotage emerges in Istanbul Police Alouette crash

Suspicion of sabotage emerges in Istanbul Police Alouette crash

31-May-2011Source: Today's Zaman

A police helicopter that crashed into the waters of the Bosporus Strait last week might have been sabotaged, with the surviving pilot saying the engine and rotor of the aircraft experienced unusual vibration, which investigators say might have been caused by electromagnetic waves.... Read more

NZ helicopter pilot on theft and fraud charges

NZ helicopter pilot on theft and fraud charges

31-May-2011Source: Southland Times

David Maxwell Kershaw, 57, managing director, of Frankton, was remanded without plea when he appeared before Judge Dominic Flatley in the Queenstown District Court yesterday.  The charges relate to Kershaw’s previous directorship of Heliworks Queenstown Helicopters.... Read more

Former Era Helicopter employee claims sacking followed her harassment claims

Former Era Helicopter employee claims sacking followed her harassment claims

24-May-2011Source: Louisiana Record

A former employee of ERA Helicopters claims she was fired after reporting that male co-workers subjected her to a hostile work environment through sexually suggestive comments and inappropriate touching.... Read more

FLIR Systems in $39M settlement over Indigo Systems acquisition

FLIR Systems in $39M settlement over Indigo Systems acquisition

23-May-2011Source: FLIR Systems

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement with William J. Parrish and E. Timothy Fitzgibbons (“Plaintiffs”) to settle claims filed in 2008 arising out of FLIR’s acquisition of Indigo Systems Corporation in 2004, Plaintiffs’ ensuing employment with FLIR, and litigation between the parties filed by FLIR in 2006.... Read more

US Forest Service sued for herding bison with helicopters

US Forest Service sued for herding bison with helicopters

19-May-2011Source: Moscow-Pullman Daily News

An environmental group is suing the U.S. Forest Service over plans to use a helicopter to drive bison from Montana into Yellowstone National Park.... Read more

Two Belgians charged with smuggling helicopter parts to Iran

Two Belgians charged with smuggling helicopter parts to Iran

18-May-2011Source: San Francisco Chronicle

The indictment alleges that Willy De Greef, 70, and Frederic Roland Nicolas Depelchin, 39, sent the parts to unidentified customers through their companies, Meca Airways Ltd. and Meca Overseas Airways Ltd, which were also named as defendants.... Read more

Arizona court declines Turkish Police MD600 crash relatives’ lawsuit

Arizona court declines Turkish Police MD600 crash relatives’ lawsuit

5-May-2011Source: Arizona Republic

The company sought dismissal, with its attorneys arguing that Arizona has almost no connection to the lawsuit and that the accident wreckage, aircraft records and accident witnesses are all believed to be located in Turkey in the custody of the national police.... Read more

Man who fired at sheriff’s helicopter gets 12½ years in prison

Man who fired at sheriff’s helicopter gets 12½ years in prison

28-Apr-2011Source: Orlando Sentinel

Jason Dennis McGuire, 27, was convicted on charges of attempted destruction of an aircraft, possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony, and for using a firearm during a violent crime.... Read more

Aviation lawyers Gates and Partners opening new Dubai office

Aviation lawyers Gates and Partners opening new Dubai office

21-Apr-2011Source: Gates and Partners

The international aviation and commercial law firm Gates and Partners announce the opening of its new office in Dubai as soon as regulatory formalities are completed and the recruitment of new partners  Jim Edmunds and Anthony Frances who are joining the firm from the Dubai office of Clyde and Co. Senior Partner Sean Gates said... Read more

UK: Legal proceedings filed to close down Sterling Helicopters

UK: Legal proceedings filed to close down Sterling Helicopters

18-Apr-2011Source: HeliHub.com

In a recent filing in the London Gazette, one of the official journals of record of the British government, British helicopter operator Sterling Helicopters is facing complete closure. Published on Friday 15th April, a document dated Wednesday 13th April indicated that Toby Blackwell Ltd was seeking a petition to wind up (close) the company, claiming... Read more

8 months prison for shining laser at UK police helicopter

8 months prison for shining laser at UK police helicopter

16-Apr-2011Source: Kent Police

A 21-year-old Maidstone man has been sentenced to eight months in prison for endangering the Kent and Essex Police helicopter while it was on a task in Maidstone last year. On the evening of 24 June 2010 the police helicopter was carrying out a search in the town centre when someone shining a laser pen in the... Read more

Two California EMS lawsuits grounded by Federal and State courts

Two California EMS lawsuits grounded by Federal and State courts

13-Apr-2011Source: Barger & Wolen

In two days in late March, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Sonoma County Superior Court dismissing separate claims by EMS operators seeking to obtain medical provider benefits under workers’ compensation without following the dictates of the California workers’ compensation system... Read more

MD’s Lynn Tilton: Court documents reveal accusations of fraud

MD’s Lynn Tilton: Court documents reveal accusations of fraud

12-Apr-2011Source: Forbes

Quote from the Forbes article about the owner of MD Helicopters states:- “We’ve uncovered dozens of complaints against Tilton and her firm, just by searching databases for the federal and New York State Supreme court systems alone”... Read more

US Justice Dept files lawsuit against Air Methods and LifeMed Alaska

US Justice Dept files lawsuit against Air Methods and LifeMed Alaska

8-Apr-2011Source: US Justice Dept

The Justice Department today announced that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that Air Methods Corp. and LifeMed Alaska LLC willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by discriminating against and failing to reemploy Chief Warrant Officer Third Class Jonathon L. Goodwin of Wasilla, Alaska.  The suit was filed in... Read more

Kazan Helicopter Plant employees steal 4,000+ parts

Kazan Helicopter Plant employees steal 4,000+ parts

5-Apr-2011Source: HeliHub.com

HeliHub.com has heard that a criminal case has been opened regarding the theft of more than 4,000 helicopter parts from Kazan Helicopter Plant, valued at 6.8 million roubles (approx $250K).  The law enforcement agencies in Tatarstan have said that parts from the factory were taken away by truck. The gang included not only the heads... Read more

Canadian corporation sues US DoD over FOI request

Canadian corporation sues US DoD over FOI request

22-Mar-2011Source: HeliHub.com

A Canadian corporation hired to provide helicopter services in Afghanistan for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is suing in Washington federal court to keep the contents of the contract confidential.  Canadian Commercial Corp., which bids for defense contracts on behalf of Canadian companies, filed the suit lasty week against the US Dept of Defence... Read more

FADEC alleged in legal case over fatal OH-58D Kiowa Warrior accident

FADEC alleged in legal case over fatal OH-58D Kiowa Warrior accident

11-Mar-2011Source: Knox News

The suit alleges the failure of the FADEC system in an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter was a direct and proximate cause of two deaths when it crashed near Mosul, Iraq in February 2010. HeliHub.com accident page – 21-Feb-10 Bell OH-58D at Qayyarah Airfield West, Northern Iraq (2F)... Read more

Whistleblower mechanic awarded $485,000 after being fired for reporting unsafe helicopters

Whistleblower mechanic awarded $485,000 after being fired for reporting unsafe helicopters

11-Mar-2011

Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge William Dorsey ruled in favor of helicopter mechanic Mark Van who was fired by Portneuf Medical Center (an Idaho hospital) for repeatedly raising concerns about violations of FAA safety standards in their helicopter air ambulance program.... Read more

Schweizer family’s lawsuit against Sikorsky moves ahead

Schweizer family’s lawsuit against Sikorsky moves ahead

6-Mar-2011Source: Star Gazette

Judge rules that two claims in the Schweizer $12M lawsuit against Sikorsky will stand. One claim states that Connecticut-based aircraft maker Sikorsky failed to work with the Schweizer family to settle two product liability suits, a condition included in the purchase agreement.... Read more

Austrian soldier convicted for passing Eurocopter secrets to Russia

Austrian soldier convicted for passing Eurocopter secrets to Russia

1-Mar-2011

A court in Munich on Tuesday handed down a one-year suspended prison sentence to an Austrian soldier for providing the Russian secret service with secret information on a subsidiary of defense giant EADS.... Read more

Erickson Air-Crane and Evergreen Helicopters settle their legal differences

Erickson Air-Crane and Evergreen Helicopters settle their legal differences

27-Feb-2011

Erickson Air-Crane and Evergreen Helicopters have reached an out-of-court settlement after a judge granted Evergreen a partial summary judgment in its breach of contract and antitrust claims.... Read more

Appeals court ups sentences in Swedish helicopter heist

Appeals court ups sentences in Swedish helicopter heist

17-Feb-2011Source: Monsters & Critics

A Swedish appeals court Wednesday handed down tougher sentences for three men jailed for a dramatic helicopter robbery at a cash depot in Stockholm.... Read more

Coast Range Heliskiing can sue Vancouver Olympic committee

Coast Range Heliskiing can sue Vancouver Olympic committee

12-Feb-2011Source: Whistler Question

The heliskiing company filed a suit against the parties last year, saying the security regulations put in place for the Games made it impossible to run the business.... Read more

Shasta Lake man to go to trial accused of shining laser at CHP helicopter

Shasta Lake man to go to trial accused of shining laser at CHP helicopter

11-Feb-2011Source: Record Searchlight

Kevin Wayne Foster was ordered to stand trial on two felony and two misdemeanor counts stemming from the potentially dangerous Dec. 6 helicopter incident.  If convicted, Foster faces about 4 years 8 months in prison, said Shasta County Deputy District Attorney Craig Omura.... Read more

BC court says federal government must be involved in helicopter lawsuit

BC court says federal government must be involved in helicopter lawsuit

6-Feb-2011Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Two widows whose husbands were killed in a British Columbia helicopter crash have won a court fight to add Transport Canada to the list of people and groups they claim are liable. The accident occurred 17-Sep-05... Read more

Former National Party MP jailed over helicopter designs

Former National Party MP jailed over helicopter designs

2-Feb-2011Source: NZ Herald

“There has been dishonesty of a serious kind for a long time by Mr and Mrs Rogers, all of which has been directed to seeking to preserve assets for the personal benefit of Mr and Mrs Rogers,” judge Woodhouse said in December.... Read more

US Homeland Security pilot indicted for making false statements to investigators

US Homeland Security pilot indicted for making false statements to investigators

2-Feb-2011

A helicopter pilot with the Department of Homeland Security has been indicted for making false statements to investigators about an incident where a man drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande River.  Helicopter involved was OH-6 N5185B... Read more

$32M lawsuit filed against MD’s Lynn Tilton and Patriarch Partners

$32M lawsuit filed against MD’s Lynn Tilton and Patriarch Partners

29-Jan-2011Source: MA Equipment

A $32 million lawsuit has been filed in an Ohio Court against Patriarch Partners and Patriarch’s CEO and founder, Lynn Tilton. The suit was filed on behalf of MA Equipment Leasing I LLC and MA 265 North Hamilton Road LLC. The suit, (case number 09CVH 08 12912 ) filed in the Common Pleas Court of... Read more

Eurocopter spy trial to begin 14 February in Munich

Eurocopter spy trial to begin 14 February in Munich

28-Jan-2011Source: Merkur Online

Russian national accused of passing secrets with the help of a former engineer of Eurocopter in Ottobrunn [click on Merkur Online link]... Read more

Texas helicopter pilot accused of flying while intoxicated

Texas helicopter pilot accused of flying while intoxicated

27-Jan-2011Source: San Angelo Standard Times

Police identified the pilot as Richard Zane Whitesides, aged 21.  The R22 was impounded, and contained both firearms and several empty beer cans.  Dusty Whitaker, prinicpal of Whitesides’ employer Texas Extreme Helicopters said the flight was not authorized. Whitesides was fired the next day... Read more

Russian court case on hunting from helicopters opens today

Russian court case on hunting from helicopters opens today

26-Jan-2011Source: AEX

Court case was prompted by the fatal accident in January 2009 which killed 7, and subsequent photos showed carcases of animals which are subject of hunting bans [file photo]... Read more

Cranfield University launches “Legal Skills for Accident Investigators” course

Cranfield University launches “Legal Skills for Accident Investigators” course

19-Jan-2011Source: Cranfield University

Course date: 14-18 Mar 2011 Course overview The Cranfield Safety and Accident Investigation Centre is proud to offer a new course for transport accident investigators who may find themselves involved in the various legal processes including Coronial Inquiry, Public Inquiry, Fatal Accident Inquiry and both civil and criminal litigation. The course has been developed in... Read more

Maryland sues federal government over AS365 crash

Maryland sues federal government over AS365 crash

13-Jan-2011Source: Buffalo News

The state of Maryland has filed a $4 million lawsuit against the federal government over the 2008 crash of a state police helicopter that killed four people.... Read more

UK filming pilot fined for getting too close to steam train

UK filming pilot fined for getting too close to steam train

10-Jan-2011Source: Telegraph

Soon after the Edinburgh-London journey began, passengers noticed the train was being “buzzed” and that a helicopter was flying low over it, criss-crossing its path. Some were so worried they immediately contacted the CAA, whilst others filmed what was happening on their mobile phones.... Read more

Sole survivor of 2008 Maryland crash files $50M lawsuit

Sole survivor of 2008 Maryland crash files $50M lawsuit

14-Dec-2010Source: Gazette

The sole survivor of a 2008 Maryland State Police helicopter crash in District Heights has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the FAA, alleging negligence on the part of air traffic controllers.... Read more

Schweizer family sue Sikorsky over 2004 deal

Schweizer family sue Sikorsky over 2004 deal

17-Nov-2010Source: Star Gazette

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include Stuart, Leslie and Paul H. Schweizer, who all served as president of the company on a rotating basis. Japanese company Kawada Industries that acquired a 25% stake in Schweizer in 1992, is also listed as a plaintiff. They are seeking at least $2.8 million... Read more

Cougar drops Sikorsky subsidiary from Can$27M lawsuit

Cougar drops Sikorsky subsidiary from Can$27M lawsuit

28-Oct-2010Source: The Telegram

Cougar launched the lawsuit in June against both Sikorsky and its subsidiary Helicopter Services Inc. (HSI), but has recently served notice it was discontinuing the civil action against HSI.... Read more

Three seriously hurt in Puma crash win £1M damages case against UK MoD

Three seriously hurt in Puma crash win £1M damages case against UK MoD

26-Oct-2010Source: Daily Record

The MoD have accepted liability, but the exact settlement has yet to be decided. The men are suing for “injury, loss and damage”. The accident happened in August 2007 during low-level flight near the Army’s Catterick base.... Read more

PHi settles claims over Louisiana S76 crash

PHi settles claims over Louisiana S76 crash

22-Oct-2010Source: Statesman

Plaintiffs’ attorneys and a lawyer for PHI Inc. said Thursday that confidential terms of the settlements will be filed. see also Accident report on HeliHub.com... Read more

Cougar and Sikorsky debate procedure in $27-million legal dispute

Cougar and Sikorsky debate procedure in $27-million legal dispute

20-Oct-2010Source: The Telegram

Lawyers for Cougar Helicopters and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. were in court Monday to debate a procedural issue in Cougar’s $27-million lawsuit against the U.S. helicopter manufacturer.... Read more

Oklahoma City man accused of shooting city police helicopter

Oklahoma City man accused of shooting city police helicopter

1-Oct-2010Source: NewsOK

Police say they’ve arrested a man and charged him with shooting at the Oklahoma City Police Department’s helicopter in June.... Read more

Man involved in Arizona news helicopter crash faces maximum 465 years in jail

Man involved in Arizona news helicopter crash faces maximum 465 years in jail

1-Oct-2010Source: KFYI

Christopher Jones pleaded guilty to 35 counts, including car theft and running from the police. He is not charged with the deaths of the four men who died when the KTVK and KNXV helicopters covering the chase collided.... Read more

California man jailed for allegedly shining laser beam at police helicopter

California man jailed for allegedly shining laser beam at police helicopter

25-Sep-2010Source: KFMB

A 44-year-old South Bay man was behind bars Thursday for allegedly shining a laser pointer at an airborne police helicopter, a felonious act that can temporarily blind a pilot.... Read more

California aviation lawyer discusses the rash of US EMS helicopter crashes

California aviation lawyer discusses the rash of US EMS helicopter crashes

23-Sep-2010Source: Sebastian Gibson

An unexpected catastrophe is happening on the way from horrific accident scenes in California on the way to hospitals in EMS helicopters. The helicopters are crashing killing many of the occupants at an unacceptable rate. If you’ve been injured in Southern California, whether it is in Laguna Beach, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Irvine, Orange,... Read more

2005 Copterline S76 accident will not lead to criminal prosecution in Estonia

2005 Copterline S76 accident will not lead to criminal prosecution in Estonia

23-Sep-2010Source: Helsingin Sanomat

The fatal August 2005 helicopter accident in the Gulf of Finland will not lead to criminal prosecution in Estonia, the country’s General Prosecution Office announced on Tuesday.... Read more

Appeals court upholds dismissal of helipad lawsuit in Webster

Appeals court upholds dismissal of helipad lawsuit in Webster

18-Sep-2010Source: WHEC

John Casciani filed a lawsuit when Webster passed a law in 2006 that prohibited the landing of private aircraft in the town. Casciani wanted to land his helicopter in his back yard.... Read more

Calstar deal with Solano County ends over legal technicality

Calstar deal with Solano County ends over legal technicality

16-Sep-2010

Contrary to state law requirements, Solano County did not establish an EOA prior to awarding an air ambulance contract to CALSTAR in 2007, and because of this the contract must be terminated... Read more

Hearing date set for Sikorsky in Cougar S92 lawsuit

Hearing date set for Sikorsky in Cougar S92 lawsuit

13-Sep-2010Source: The Telegram

Lawyers for both companies appeared in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in St. John’s today to set the Nov. 22 hearing date.... Read more

Prosecutors demand 10-year jail terms for Swedish helicopter heist

Prosecutors demand 10-year jail terms for Swedish helicopter heist

9-Sep-2010Source: Earth Times

Ten men charged with planning and conducting a daring helicopter heist at a cash depot in the Swedish capital Stockholm a year ago should receive maximum sentences, prosecutors said Thursday in their closing arguments.... Read more

Man admits throwing stones at helicopter

Man admits throwing stones at helicopter

9-Sep-2010Source: Yahoo NZ

In a last minute change of plea, a Turangi man has admitted a charge of endangering life after throwing rocks at a helicopter, causing more than $20,000 worth of damage.... Read more

14-year old British boy loses ‘laser pen’ appeal

14-year old British boy loses ‘laser pen’ appeal

8-Sep-2010Source: BBC

A 14-year-old youth accused of shining a laser pen at a police helicopter in Leicester has failed to convince the High Court he should not be prosecuted... Read more

STARS employee admits stealing over $260k from employers

STARS employee admits stealing over $260k from employers

4-Sep-2010Source: Vancouver Sun

Olaronke Adunal Fakunle, 40, appeared in court Thursday, where she acknowledged she embezzled money while working as accounts-payable clerk for STARS in Alberta and used it for personal expenses between Sept. 7, 2007, and Oct. 9, 2008.... Read more

Trooper won’t face charges in helicopter parts case

Trooper won’t face charges in helicopter parts case

1-Sep-2010Source: Oklahoman

Trooper Joe Howard was working in the Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s aircraft division in 2008 when several helicopter parts were alleged to have gone missing... Read more

Platform worker sues PHi after being struck by lightning

Platform worker sues PHi after being struck by lightning

18-Aug-2010Source: Louisiana Record

Mississippi resident is suing a helicopter courier service for insisting to transport him in severe and dangerous weather.... Read more

Swaziland Army being sued over helicopter maintenance

Swaziland Army being sued over helicopter maintenance

5-Aug-2010Source: Times of Swaziland

Gert Stemmet, in his court papers, alleges that he entered into an oral agreement with the army, which was represented by Colonel Mdzue W. Khumalo, around October 2009 for the provision of mechanical services to the “fleet of helicopters” belonging to the army.... Read more

Charges framed in Indian Bell 412 sabotage attempt

Charges framed in Indian Bell 412 sabotage attempt

3-Aug-2010Source: Express India

Two employees of Air Works which was in charge of the maintenance of the ADA group’s Bell 412 aircraft, have been charged under sections  of both the Indian Penal Code and  the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Civil Aviation Act.... Read more

Second lawsuit filed over 2008 Maryland State Police accident

Second lawsuit filed over 2008 Maryland State Police accident

2-Aug-2010Source: Washington Post

The attorney for Kenneth Mallard says he deserves compensation for the death of his wife because of the “negligence of Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers”... Read more

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