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Judge approves £78m cash settlement to parents of British tourist, 31, who was killed along with his new wife and three others in Grand Canyon helicopter crash in 2018
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January 10, 2024
A judge in the United States has approved a $100 million (£78 million) cash settlement for a British tourist who was among five people killed, including his new wife, when a helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the Grand Canyon in 2018. Jonathan Udall, 31,'s family, along with the French manufacturer Airbus Helicopters SAS, will receive $24.6 million (£59.3 million) under the Las Vegas deal, which was signed on Friday. Gary C Robb, the family's advocate, requested that the settlement terms be made public to raise concerns about aircraft fuel tanks, which they claim are prone to bursting. 'The fuel tank was effectively a fire bomb,' he told the Associated Press.' According to a transcript of a hearing in Clark County District Court, Nevada, lawyers for the plaintiffs, Eric Lyttle for Airbus Helicopters and William Katt for Papillon Airways, announced the terms.