British Chopper Crash Suit to Play Out in U.S.

     (CN) - Negligence claims over a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of two Britons should remain in the United States, where the aircraft manufacturers are based, a federal judge ruled.

     Schweizer Aircraft manufactured the helicopter that crashed near Blackpool in Lancashire, England, on Sept. 22, 2009, while pilot Steven Edward Lewis was training Philip Charles Gray for a private license.

     The crash killed both men, who were British citizens, and counsel for their estates shipped the helicopter wreckage to Delaware, where it remains in storage.

 Courthouse News Service 

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