Seven people were killed when the World War II-era plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a Connecticut airport last October.
A Massachusetts-based foundation that offered flights aboard historic aircraft is being sued in connection with the crash of a World War II-era plane last October that killed seven people.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Connecticut Superior Court, alleges that the Collings Foundation “built an environment of shortcuts and safety compromises while at the same time telling its federal regulators and its customers, repeatedly, ‘that Collings is committed to providing the highest level of safety attainable in all of its activities and most especially in dealing with its customers and guests.’ ”
It was filed by the families of three people who were killed and five people who were injured in the Oct. 2,2019, crash at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport.
“To obtain technical experience and expertise, the National Transportation Safety Board made the Collings Foundation a party to the pending accident investigation,” Hunter Chaney, a foundation spokesman, said in an emailed statement. “In that role, the foundation is prohibited, both by the Certification of Party Representative and by federal regulations, from commenting on this matter and disseminating information that is the subject of this investigation.
