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Editor: James T. Crouse
Profession: Aviation Accident Attorney

Category: Helicopter Crash Lawsuits

A flight nurse and two other people were killed on August 31, 2008, when the rotor came off the Bell 206 Longranger helicopter before crashing in Indiana, killing all on board. A lawsuit has been filed in Marion Superior Court on behalf of the flight nurse's two children, ages 8 and 10.

The lawsuit names Rolls-Royce, the helicopter's engine maker; Decatur County REMC, the utility responsible for maintaing power lines in the area; Rush Memorial Hospital, which dispatched the helicopter; and Bell Helicopter Textron, the manufacturer of the rotor, as defendants. Bell Helicopter is accused of selling the rotor blades in defective condition and accuses Rush Memorial of sending the helicopter on a non-emergency mission, failing to develop flight-risk evaulation programs, and dispatching the helicopter on an unsafe flight path.

The NTSB is still investigating what caused the rotor blades to break in the crash.

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