Google co-founder faces lawsuit over fatal 2023 plane crash involving extra fuel tank and missing pilots' bodies
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Google cofounder Sergey Brin faces a wrongful death lawsuit from pilot Lance Maclean's widow over a fatal May 2023 plane crash that killed Maclean and a co-pilot.
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The lawsuit alleges the plane was improperly fitted with an extra fuel tank for a flight to Brin's private island in Fiji and crashed after fuel intake issues.
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It accuses Brin of intentionally delaying recovery of the pilots' bodies, which remain missing. Brin allegedly promised but never intended to recover them.
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The lawsuit says Brin cited weather and regulations as recovery excuses but claims he wants to hide "secrets" about the aircraft.
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Brin, his family office, the maintenance company, and charter company are named as defendants. The widow seeks damages for emotional distress and an order to recover the bodies.