Families sue U.S. manufacturer over helicopter crash that killed 6 Canadian military members
A 2021 air force flight safety investigation concluded the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter hit the Ionian Sea at full speed in April 2020 after the pilot tried to manually override the flight control function and did not see that the autopilot was still engaged.
"Each person experienced unimaginable terror and fright in the moments before the helicopter impacted the water, causing everyone aboard to suffer fatal injuries."The claim alleges Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, put profits ahead of safety and failed to conduct appropriate testing or warn the Canadian military and its pilots of potential dangers.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. That's where a now-closed facility built, upgraded and tested the CH-148, the claim said. Those who died left behind spouses, children, parents and other family members who are now seeking damages through the civil action under the United States' Death on High Seas Act.
The lawsuit alleges that Sikorsky "did not perform adequate safety analysis or testing" of the CH-148 helicopter's "EFCS," a computer-regulated aircraft flight control system.A bittersweet return for HMCS Fredericton after deadly helicopter crashHMCS Fredericton has returned to port in Halifax after its six-month mission in the Mediterranean during which six crew members died in a helicopter crash and a pandemic began.
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