The crash occurred on the Iron 44 Fire on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest near Weaverville, California in 2008
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Steven Metheny’s falsification of records for a helicopter led to the deaths of nine firefighters and crew members in 2008
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Seven firefighters and two pilots were killed in the 2008 helicopter crash
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Seven firefighters and two pilots were killed in the 2008 helicopter crash
Continue readingFormer Carson Helicopters VP pleads guilty to charges related to crash that killed 9 firefighters
Today in federal court in Medford, Oregon, a second person pleaded guilty to charges related to the crash of a helicopter in 2008 that killed nine wildland firefighters.
Steven Metheny, 44, the former Vice President of Carson Helicopters, pleaded guilty to one count each of filing a false statement and of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud while submitting documents to obtain $20 million in firefighting contracts with the U.S. Forest Service.
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