#flynyon — Public Fediverse posts

For more than six years, the #NTSB has recommended that the #FAA develop guidance to help #pilots identify intoxicated passengers like the one whose actions precipitated the fatal #FlyNYON #helicopter crash in 2018. Now the FAA is passing the buck, as I report for Vertical Magazine. #aviation #safety https://verticalmag.com/news/urged-to-develop-guidance-for-identifying-drunk-passengers-faa-instead-tasks-operators-with-the-job/

In 2018, working with Eric Adams, I broke the story of how #helicopter #pilots had attempted to warn #FlyNYON about safety concerns with its passenger harness system months before five passengers drowned in New York’s East River. Now a lawsuit brought by one of the families has finally come to a conclusion with a record $116 million jury award. My colleague Will Guisbond and I reported on the trial for Vertical Magazine. #aviation #safety https://verticalmag.com/news/flynyon-legal-saga-comes-to-a-close-more-than-six-years-after-fatal-flight-killed-five/