A New Zealand court has convicted aircraft parts trader James Gedson of the manslaughter of two helicopter pilots who died when their Robinson R22 crashed in October 1995 following tail-rotor failure. This is believed to be the world's first successful homicide prosecution for knowingly supplying "bogus parts". The failed rotor was one of three "remanufactured" rotors which Gedson purchased from US-based Cherry Air Specialties (CAS), knowing that CAS had recovered the parts from crashed R22s.
Source: Flight International
