Wrongful death suit filed over 2016 Arizona helicopter crash
PHOENIX (AP) — The families of two pilots who died in a 2016 helicopter crash in western Arizona have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the California-based manufacturer of the aircraft.
The suit filed last Friday in a Los Angeles County Superior Court alleges defective rotor blades on the Robinson R66 helicopter contributed to the fatal crash on June 23, 2016.
The National Transportation Safety Board says the helicopter went down in hilly desert terrain near Wikieup (WHIH'-kee-up) on an afternoon flight from Prescott, Arizona, to Riverside, California.