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6 years after fatal Unalaska plane crash, jury finds PenAir liable for nearly $17 million
PenAir was found liable for nearly $17 million after a fatal 2019 crash caused by faulty brake wiring, poor oversight, and landing decisions, jurors ruled after a six-week trial.
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Six years after fatal Unalaska plane crash, jury finds PenAir liable for nearly $17 million
PenAir’s Saab 2000 airplane landed in Unalaska almost exactly six years ago, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, overrunning the short runway and sliding into ballast rocks overhanging the harbor. (Courtesy of Megan Dean) A Washington state jury awarded $16.9 million to the family of a man who died in a 2019 airplane crash on Unalaska’s runway. After a six-week trial and about three days of deliberation at a Kent, Washington courthouse, jurors found Pen…
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