Wed, Jan 31, 2018
The wife of Icon engineer Cagri Sever has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Icon aircraft over Sever's fatal injury while a passenger aboard an Icon A5 airplane.
Sever had recently been hired by the company, and was on a demonstration flight with chief pilot Jon Karkow. During the flight, Karkow flew into a box canyon on Lake Berryessa and impacted terrain. Both were fatally injured. The suit has been filed by attorney Mike Danko, with the firm Nelson & Fraenkel acting as co-counsel. Danko writes that while families cannot generally sue an employer for a work-related death, the situation with the Icon accident is unusual in that it occurred over "navigable waters", which means the federal laws of admiralty apply. Those laws would make Icon responsible for the actions of its chief pilot, and supersedes state workers compensation law. A bill under consideration in the New Mexico Legislature would keep some information about Spaceport America out of the public eye, and it has the backing of the Republican Governor and one of the state Senate's top Democratic leaders. The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government says that Spaceport officials have shown a
disturbing pattern of not making records public that should be available. Governor Martinez (R) and Senate President Pro Tem Mary Kay Papen (D) say that confidentiality is necessary to keep up in a national space race. The United States International Trade Commission has determined that a U.S. industry is not materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of 100- to 150-seat large civil aircraft from Canada that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and sold at less than fair value. As a result of the USITC’s negative determinations, no antidumping or countervailing duty orders will be issued. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 01.31.18 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Wednesday, January 31st, 2018... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:
- Icon Aircraft Sued Over Lake Berryessa Accident
- Open Government Group Opposes Secrecy At Spaceport America
- U.S. International Trade Commission Rebuffs Boeing
- Business Jet Sales Reach Equilibrium
- EASA Grants STC To GKN Aerospace For ADS-B Out Mods
- NATA Kicks Off 2018 Industry Town Hall Series In Phoenix
- FAA Issues Emergency Order Of Revocation Against TapJets
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