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Foreseeable Tragedy: Aero-Crook David Riggs Killed In China Lancair Crash

Riggs' US License Recently Revoked For Illegal and Dangerous Operations -- But Was Killed Flying For A Chinese Airshow

OK... details are REALLY sketchy, but ANN has received confirmation of the report that Aero-Crook David Riggs is dead after going down in his Lancair while in China for an airshow. 

Xinhua reports that the accident occured outside Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province, when Riggs Experimental Amateur-Built Lancair 320 went down in a lake.

Tragically, Riggs was flying with a young Chinese translator, who also perished in the crash. The accident took place, Tuesday, at 1300 local time and reports indicate that Riggs was seen flying low over the water before the accident took place. Sources in China indicate that Riggs was attempting to operate under a Canadian certificate, instead of his now-revoked US licenses, in order to conduct business at the show in China.

ANN is investigating the matter aggressively... and to be truthful, we're hardly surprised that this guy got himself killed... but sorry to see that another fatality has been tacked on to the shameful history of one of the aviation world's most infamous flyers -- a man who is already associated with the death of four other flyers.

FMI: www.aviationcriminal.com

 


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