Lone Survivor Files Suit
Associated Press - March 27, 2009 3:14 PM ET
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The lone survivor of a helicopter crash that killed eight people in Louisiana in January is suing the aircraft's manufacturer and two other companies.
The federal lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of Steven Yelton and his wife seeks $22.5 million in damages from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., PHI Inc. and Aeronautical Accessories Inc.
The suit claims PHI installed a defective windshield made by Aeronautical Accessories on the Sikorsky S-7C helicopter that plunged into a swamp near Morgan City on Jan. 4.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but the National Transportation Safety Board says the probe found evidence a bird may have struck the helicopter.