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Claim: Helicopter Instructor's Cell Phone Use Preceded Crash
A student pilot who survived a helicopter crash in December has filed lawsuits claiming his instructor was using FaceTime, a popular video chat application, on his cell phone during the instructional flight in a Robinson R22. The lawsuits were filed by the student, Jonathan Desouza, and his lawyer against the flight school that operated the helicopter, Palm Beach Helicopters in South Florida, and others, according to a report in the Palm Beach Post. (www.flyingmag.com) Más...Hmm distracted flying now?
Yeah...FaceTiming and autorotation never ends well. Sad, such a preventable accident.
Also, the student says his recollection of the sequence of events leading to the accident is unclear. The instructor might have been doing his Face Timing before the engine was even fired up...
Just saying...