Legal Opinion
Rodriquez v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 8, 1987No. Nos. 86-5099, 86-5147PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
On a clear summer day, approximately seven private airplanes were practicing landings and take-offs at a New Jersey airport. After another plane received permission from the control tower to join the airport traffic pattern, it collided in midair with one of the planes already in the pattern. The two pilots in the incoming plane were killed. The ensuing litigation implicates the obligation of pilots operating under visual flight rules to see and avoid other aircraft.
This appeal arises from the district court’s finding that the air traffic…
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