"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 May 2006 14:43:47 -0400, "Skylune"
wrote in
outaviation.com::

Woman Settles With FAA In Connection With Husband's Death
WWBA-AM Tampa

In case anyone is interested in reading the whole story:

http://ap.staugustine.com/pstories/s.../3864478.shtml
Widow settles lawsuit over husband's air show death

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - The wife of a man who died in a mid-air
plane crash before an air show in 2002 has settled with the
Federal Aviation Administration and the event sponsor for
$700,000, an attorney said.

Deborah Morrison, who sued after her 63-year-old husband Jerry was
killed flying into Lakeland Linder Regional Airport for the annual
Sun 'n Fun Fly-In, was paid $650,000 by the FAA and $50,000 from
the event's insurance carrier, Sun 'n Fun's lawyer John Wendel
said.
....



In the article, it states:

"Air traffic controllers said both pilots failed to heed commands from the
control tower that could have prevented the crash. The National
Transportation Safety Board ruled that the failure of both pilots to follow
air traffic control instructions contributed to the accident."


If the two pilots "failed to heed commands", I don't understand how the FAA
and the promoter can be at fault. I realize the word "contributed" was used,
but the way the article reads, it sounds like pilot error.




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