Suit filed against aircraft maker, owner after plane crash accident takes lives.
A negligence lawsuit was filed this month on behalf of the co-pilot of an aircraft that crashed in 2004, killing three people including the youngest son of Dick Ebersol, NBC Sports executive.
The lawsuit, filed against the plane’s owner, manufacturer, and charter company alleges the twin-engine Canadair jet was defective because the training and operating manuals failed to disclose that it was extremely susceptible to icing.
However, the National Transportation Safety Board, the agency responsible for investigating all aviation accidents, found that the crash was most likely caused by the pilot’s failure to adequately inspect the jet’s wings for icing.
The accident took place on Nov. 28, 2004 as the jet was taking off from a Montrose airport. Pilot Luis Polanco-Espaillat, 14-year-old Teddy Ebersol, and flight attendant Warren Richardson III were killed in the crash. Other passengers were injured but survived the incident.
The lawsuit names eight defendants including aircraft manufacturer Bombardier Corp. as well as the charter service that owned the jet, Hop-A-Jet Inc.
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