Bogus Parts Case Results in Manslaughter Conviction

A New Zealand court convicted an aircraft salesman and parts trader of manslaughter in the case of two pilots who were killed when their Robinson R-22 crashed in October 1995. The jury found James Gedson guilty of selling the helicopter after equipping it with illegally fabricated tail-rotor blades...

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