Alaska
Billionaire’s family sues after his death in Alaska helicopter crash
The household of a Czech billionaire killed in a helicopter crash two years in the past is suing the plane operator, claiming negligence might have led to the accident.
The heirs of Petr Kellner, who was killed within the crash together with 4 different folks, have filed a lawsuit in Alaska and are looking for an investigation into the “potential negligence” which can have immediately or not directly brought on the deadly incident, in accordance with Bloomberg.
Within the lawsuit, Mr Kellner’s widow Renata Kellnerova names each the operator and the individuals within the rescue mission as defendants.
The household — price $12.4bn in accordance with Bloomberg‘s Billionaires Index — stated they needed to attend to file a lawsuit till US authorities completed their investigation into the crash.
Nonetheless, the investigation continues to be ongoing. The household moved to file the lawsuit earlier than the two-year statute of limitations expired on 27 March.
The household owns practically all — 98.9 per cent — of funding firm PPF Group NV. Their belongings complete greater than 40bn euros ($43.4bn) throughout industries that embrace monetary providers, telecom, media, biotech, actual property, and engineering.
Ms Kellernova is the corporate’s largest shareholder with a 59.4 per cent stake.
The corporate’s founder, Mr Kellner, died two years in the past when an Airbus AS350 B3 helicopter crashed close to the Knik Glacier in Alaska. The billionaire businessman was on a heli-skiing journey at a distant lodge roughly 40-minutes flight time from Anchorage.
The Czech Republic’s richest man Petr Kellner was killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska on 27 March 2021, leaving 5 useless and one particular person injured, the Alaska State Troopers introduced. The Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) is investigating the reason for the crash. EPA/PPF GROUP HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES (EPA)
Benjamin Larochaix of France, two of the lodge’s guides, Gregory Harms and Sean McManamy, and the helicopter’s pilot, Zachary Russell, have been additionally killed within the crash, in accordance with the New York Occasions.
One particular person survived the crash.
Mr Kellner was reportedly a frequent visitor of the luxurious Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, which provided weekly ski packages for $15,000 per particular person on the time of the crash.
“This information is devastating to our employees, the neighborhood by which we function and the households of the deceased,” the lodge stated on the time. “In 17 years of operations, that is the primary time we’ve needed to face an occasion of this measure.”