{"id":2024698,"date":"2026-07-03T08:22:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2024698"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:22:41","slug":"jury-awards-nearly-7-5-million-to-family-of-czech-billionaire-petr-kellner-in-2021-alaska-heli-ski-crash-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2024698","title":{"rendered":"Jury Awards Nearly $7.5 Million to Family of Czech Billionaire Petr Kellner in 2021 Alaska Heli-Ski Crash Case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The wreckage of a Soloy Helicopters Airbus AS350B3 that crashed near the Knik Glacier on March 27, 2021. | Image: NTSB \/ Alaska State Troopers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Five years after one of the deadliest heli-ski helicopter crashes in North American history, a jury in Anchorage, Alaska, has delivered its verdict. <\/strong>On Thursday, July 2, jurors awarded just under $7.5 million in damages to the family of Petr Kellner, the Czech billionaire who initially survived the March 2021 helicopter crash near Alaska\u2019s Knik Glacier only to succumb to his injuries before rescuers arrived. The verdict brings accountability to a case that exposed major failures in flight monitoring and emergency response, raising difficult questions about safety protocols in the heli-ski industry.<\/p>\n