Family of Pilot Killed Fighting California Wildfire Sues Aircraft Companies
Family of Pilot Killed Fighting California Wildfire Sues Aircraft Companies The family of a veteran helicopter pilot who died when his aircraft crashed as he was dropping water over a California wildfire filed suit Wednesday against the companies that designed and maintained the aircraft. Michael Fournier of Rancho Cucamonga, California, died Aug. 19 as he was battling a blaze raging out of control in rugged, smoke-shrouded terrain near the small central California town of Coalinga, California. He had completed several water drops and was about to make another when his aircraft suddenly crash...