Aircraft was insured under a joint hull and liability policy for Delta. (Colgan Air (owned by Pinnacle Airlines) was operating Continental connnection).
Icy weather, on autopilot, Pilot may have ignored federal safety recommendations and violated the airlines own policy for flying in such conditions??
Value of the hull US19 million. The liability limit on their policy is US1.75 billion per occurrence. Policy underwritten by Global Aerospace (the lead aviation products underwriter for Bombardier the Canadian manufacturer of the Dash 8Q400.