The families of six Canadian Armed Forces members killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of Greece are suing the aircraft’s U.S. manufacturer, accusing it of gross negligence and a reckless disregard for safety.
A 2021 air force flight safety investigation concluded the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter hit the Ionian Sea at full speed in April 2020 after the pilot tried to manually override the flight control function and did not see that the autopilot was still engaged.
The families’ U.S.-based civil action claim alleges Sikorsky’s computer-regulated flight control system took “control of the helicopter from its pilots, causing it to plunge into the sea at
