mrnolmts
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First of all, hindsight is always 20/20...
Having said that, I don't see how the parents have any chance of winning a lawsuit here. They declared an emergency at 2155, then 8 minutes (!) later, they finally tell ATC that they have ONE engine out, when they in fact had two from the get go. To top it off, when they finally acknowledge dual engine failure and request vectors to the nearest airport, another 6 minutes have passed. That is 14 minutes between losing both engines and requesting vectors for the nearest airport. Sad part is, they crashed only 2.5 miles short of the airport, meaning they would have made it in plenty of time if they would have headed that way sooner. Seems pilot error is pretty easy to prove here. Although, like I said, hindsight is always 20/20, and who am I to judge these pilots? Just trying to look at things from a logical point of view.
Having said that, I don't see how the parents have any chance of winning a lawsuit here. They declared an emergency at 2155, then 8 minutes (!) later, they finally tell ATC that they have ONE engine out, when they in fact had two from the get go. To top it off, when they finally acknowledge dual engine failure and request vectors to the nearest airport, another 6 minutes have passed. That is 14 minutes between losing both engines and requesting vectors for the nearest airport. Sad part is, they crashed only 2.5 miles short of the airport, meaning they would have made it in plenty of time if they would have headed that way sooner. Seems pilot error is pretty easy to prove here. Although, like I said, hindsight is always 20/20, and who am I to judge these pilots? Just trying to look at things from a logical point of view.