Accidents
Jury Awards $116M in Doors-off Helitour Crash
All five passengers drowned after autorotation into NYC's East River

Last week, a New York jury awarded $116 million to the mother of the front-seat passenger who died after a doors-off helitour flight crashed into Manhattan’s East River in 2018.

Trevor Cadigan, 26, and four other passengers died after his supplemental harness became entangled with the floor-mounted fuel cutoff control lever on the single-engine 2013 Airbus AS350B2 being operated by Liberty Helicopters on behalf of “shoe selfie” aerial tour firm FlyNYON. The entanglement caused the engine to stop after the fuel lever inadvertently went into the closed position.