The accident was caused by a loose, improvised safety harness that caught on the helicopter's fuel shut-off lever, activating it, killing the engine and causing the crash.
The safety harnesses, meant to prevent passengers from falling out the open door of the helicopter, instead locked the passengers in place, exposing them to great difficulty extricating themselves quickly in an emergency.
Six jurors in State Supreme Court in Manhattan agreed on Thursday, awarding $116 million in compensatory and punitive damages to family members of one of the passengers, Trevor Cadigan.
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