Leonardo Sued For $2.6B By AW169 Crash Victim's Family

AW169 crash site

Emergency services at the scene on the wreckage of a Leonardo AW169 that crashed in Leicester, England, in October 2018.

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LONDON—Leonardo is the subject of a £2.15 billion ($2.6 billion) compensation claim launched by the family of a Thai billionaire who was one of five people killed in a helicopter crash in the UK. The Leonardo AW169 twin-engine, 4.6 metric ton helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff from a soccer...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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