Alvorlig anklage mot Sikorsky

Minner meg litt om historien med spindle som røyk på en HS S-61N hvor alle ombord mistet livet. Jeg var sekretær i flygerforeningen og skulle reise ut på Sola for å hente folk fra Sikorsky. Trodde det var folk som skulle løse problemet. De som kom var jurister.

Vel, nå anklager PHI som eide den S-74++ som dette gjelder. Den havarerte på grunn av en bird strike. I prosessen hevder PHI at Sikorsky under porsessen har underslått intern informasjon om svakheter ved trottle kvadranten i maskinen. For at du skal få dette korrekt, så leser du følgende:

PHI Accuses Sikorsky of Hiding Crash Suit EvidenceOffshore oil helicopter service operator PHI is accusing Sikorsky of suppressing evidence related to the cause of a 2009 crash that killed eight aboard an S-76C++ near Morgan, City, La., after a bird strike to the windshield. In a federal court filing last month, PHI’s attorneys asked for legal sanctions and monetary damages against the helicopter manufacturer for failing to disclose an internal Sikorsky report in the original post-crash litigation. That report faulted the helicopter’s original windshield and throttle quadrant design as causal crash factors, as opposed to the lighter-weight Aeronautical Accessories replacement windshield PHI installed after delivery. Post-crash analysis indicated the throttles disengaged after the bird strike. PHI and Aeronautical Accessories settled with the relatives of crash victims. PHI is now seeking to recapture 80 percent of those settlements from Sikorsky because of the evidence in the allegedly suppressed report. Crash plaintiffs are suing Sikorsky separately in a trial scheduled to begin in November. PHI’s attorneys said the report “undermines Sikorsky’s entire defense.” A Sikorsky spokesman said the company will defend itself “vigorously” against the charges.
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