NewsAugust 22, 2006

ST. LOUIS -- A second lawsuit was filed Monday against the company that made the engines for a skydiving plane that crashed shortly after takeoff last month, killing six of the eight passengers. Meanwhile, the lawyer for the plaintiffs in both cases released to The Associated Press a photo of the plane just moments before the crash, apparently showing fire from the area where one of the engines sits...

The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS -- A second lawsuit was filed Monday against the company that made the engines for a skydiving plane that crashed shortly after takeoff last month, killing six of the eight passengers.

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Meanwhile, the lawyer for the plaintiffs in both cases released to The Associated Press a photo of the plane just moments before the crash, apparently showing fire from the area where one of the engines sits.

The suit was filed by Mark Cook and Annette Bachand, parents of Robert Cook, 22, who died in the July 29 crash that occurred shortly after takeoff from the small airport in Sullivan, Mo.

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